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Tractor ploughing the fields
 
The Farm Year
Winter
Cattle are indoors
Cattle are fed on hay and silage
Grain is stored in silos
Early lambing takes place indoors
Fields are ploughed in preparation for spring planting
Root crops are harvested - swede, brussel sprouts, cabbage
Hedgerows are maintained
Timber is felled
Winter Stubble is left for birds
Coppicing and charcoal burning takes place
Spring
Cattle go outdoors
Silage crop is taken
Lambing takes place
Summer crops are planted
Harvesting of early potatoes, leeks, broccoli, radishes, spring greens
Wildlfowers emerge
Summer
Cattle graze outdoors
Manure is spread on fields
Sheep are sheared
Hay crop is taken
Oats are harvested
Straw is baled
Harvesting of maize, onions, potatoes
Autumn
Cattle brought indoors
Lambs go to market
Plough fields for winter crops
Harvesting of beans, fruit, parsnips