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This is your reminder that Mother’s Day is fast approaching – Sunday, March 27, to be exact.

February was a very dry month here in South Lincolnshire. Let us hope we do not pay for this pleasant weather later in the season.

With the dreadful events in Ukraine unfolding, it does make you put your own life and everyday issues into perspective.

Parc Farm and the surrounding headland of the Great Orme has an array of wildlife and unique habitats.

Last February we welcomed our son into the world and the following morning we also started calving.

February on-farm is all winter routine and maintenance, but off-farm it’s a classic month for squeezing in every committee meeting possible before every sheep farmer gets busy lambing.

As I write, all the good done by Mother Nature’s own version of ‘dry January’ is being undone by Febru-rainy.

Early February and the winter, though kind in weather, feels like it is dragging its heels.

It was refreshing to welcome people back on-farm for our first lambing course in two years.

January has been pretty dry so far here in southern Scotland, which is great for ease of travelling about in fields and the stock also look much better when they’re not muddy.