Chris Rumming

@RichardRbw @herdyshepherd1 Opening line is cracking! 👊 Convenience and price from a stranger Vs quality and provenance from a friend.

Thanks @herdyshepherd1 for a very important article @LydiardTurkeys

@RichardRbw have you been to the devil's den? I've not but need to. think its just beyond fyfield

Almost a crime to not visit Fyfield Down in a year so corrected that today. Always amazing, and found the perfect ice age Sun lounger for my lunch…except there was no sun. Excellent walk from Barbury Castle

Last few turkeys left so don't miss out on the chance to have the very finest Christmas feast and support a small local family farm and its wildlife at the same time. #bronzeturkey #christmas25 #localfood

Excited to have @PaddockFarm sausages in stock at tomorrows pop up farm shop 😋

The best thing about using an old ice cream freezer to sell beef is the look of disappointment on the children's faces when they run up to it and pull out a brisket or topside 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 #popupfarmshop

@ElizabethIvens I appreciate my picture is available through getty and on file as a "turkey farmer" but I'm disappointed you chose to use it when I, my farm and my birds are nothing to do with the vaccine trial. Would it be possible to swap the image @NFUPress

If you have any money left after today’s budget, you may like to book on our next hedgelaying course here at Strickley. 10th Jan 2026 A great day, with fabulous homemade lunch, plus tea & cakes! Perfect for a Christmas present!! Link here 👇 visitmyfarm.com/online-store

The composting FYM cooking nicely!

The composting FYM cooking nicely!

Having finished our latest coppice harvesting contract today on the Cambs/Bedfordshire border, I thought I would put together a series of short videos to explain the work in more detail and explain why woodland management is so important. Thread 🧵 #Positiveforestry

@ThrimbyFarms absolutely love our TM 220, mainly because its exactly the same size as the much loved old matbro. Never used it on a scraper. We also have a similar size non pivot kramer - very maneuverable but moves in a weird way if your used to a pivot and joystick not as refined as JCB

Farmers of Twitter, i’m back to ask another question. Little pivot machines? As we move forwards and expand again, we are looking for a little pivot for scraping, bedding, unloading pallets etc. Just general yard stuff. Small and handy. What’s people’s view on makes? TIA

@FavColour_Green My finding with mulch is go big! 10cm minimum or deeper if plants are in guards. Composted raminal chip perhaps gives an instant blast of microbiology to the new plant

Something I really appreciated from #Hedgefest25 was that the hedge coppice brash was chipped &used to mulch the new hedge Crucially, we NEED to rejuvenate our existing hedges alongside planting new Otherwise we lose what we've already got The data shows its already happening

@FavColour_Green @CPRE @FWAGeast @JRfromStrickley Great day, can't wait to get Nigels book!

Talks from hedge guru Nigel Adams on management, update from @CPRE hampshire, excellent talk on funding from @FWAGeast, & I raced through hedge value Bt my favourite was the fireside farmer talk from @LydiardTurkeys, @JRfromStrickley &Will from Selbourne. Great proactive insight

#HedgeFest2025 today was absolutely brilliant Thanks to the @southdownsvg for pulling off such a fascinating and well rounded event full of practical, aspirational and financial inspiration Talks, demonstrations, and a cracking lunch

Some of the amazing local produce available from @LydiardTurkeys & pop-up farm shop #Britshfoodfortnight @LoveBritishFood ❤️🇬🇧🍽️

@stuttonsparrows Thanks very much, had an epic morning! lots of folk want to connect with the people who grow their food

@LydiardTurkeys Looks brilliant. Good luck!

Pop up shop is GO GO GO for tomorrow- 11th and 12th October Don't miss..... the very best chicken home grown delicious apples Oxford down mutton and lamb 100% grass fed beef Organised dairy Mutton bresaola Lardy cakes and... so much more! SN5 3NY #swindon #localfood

@FavColour_Green I'm on a panel with @JRfromStrickley, talk about apprentice and master! I've bought some stick on side burns so I fit in🤣 should be fun!

@LydiardTurkeys @andyrumming @StabiliserBeef Great idea! I am *so* thrilled youre going to be there by the way Chris.

A pleasure to cut sirloins this morning, perfect fat cover, a bit of marbling. Look at that brilliant fat colour! 100% grass fed, @StabiliserBeef sired

@FavColour_Green @andyrumming @StabiliserBeef if you need a top up @FavColour_Green I could bring you some more down to #hedgefest25 🥩🌳

@andyrumming @StabiliserBeef I've got some of your beef mince for dinner. I've not long had lunch and I'm already looking forward to it! Great quality

Nigel Adams, an absolute 𝑀𝐴𝑆𝑇𝐸𝑅 hedgelayer (from whom I continue to learn SO MUCH) is taking on a trainee this winter A PAID trainee! Want to learn to lay hedges? Doesn't get better than this. 37 days (£130/day) between Nov & March contact jessica@wildoxfordshire.org.uk

Crumbs, this is an absolute unit! Not in my Shieldbug and Leatherbug book, perhaps a Western Conifer Seed Bug? 20mm excluding antenna @SallyAnn_Spence am I close?