Clodagh Hughes

Diary: ‘Imagine the worst case of breathlessness you have ever had and multiply that by 10’

‘It goes to show how suited sheep are to causing general mischief’

Diary: You know that expression ‘shooting yourself in the foot’?

Diary: ‘I still got hit with three fairly severe cases of strike in my lambs’

Farmer’s Diary: Who is glad to see the rain back?

Farmer’s Diary: Fly season really takes wings

‘I now have four full lambing seasons under my shepherd’s cap’

‘Recently I discovered that wool is considered a waste product of sheep farming’

‘After four weeks of top-class mothering, wee hen began rejecting the chicks’

Farmer’s Diary: I strive to keep my farming system as close to organic as I can afford