Higher Fingle farm

So here I am contemplating my exciting adventure, starting with a trip to the Nuffield scholars conferance in Washington DC. To find out more about the Nuffield Scholarship read the website
In a fit of despondancy on the general state of farming and farmers attitude to change, back in November I applied for the scholarship and to my great surprise i was awarded this great opportunity to see the world and hopefully add to the debate on where farming should be going.
In the way that Life tends to be, the last five weeks have not been the easiest time and i have so far had little chance to plan what and how I will go about my study, hopefully the coming two weeks will give me time to really get to grips with what i need to do. However i am determined to still work by the rule of one day at a time and just see where each meeting or visit leads me on to.
So now I am busy writing lists, finishing invoices and wages, Labelling egg boxes, washing and ironing and trying to cook enough cakes so that my five darlings don't starve. Of course they will be fine and if they are hungry i don't suppose it will harm if they eat just Chocolate for 12 days.
At Higher Fingle Farm the weather continues to be wet and the ducks are a sea of mud. The hedges are now getting big enough to start laying, but we haven't managed to get as much done as we would like, getting badly behind with the snow and rain. With the cold weather nothing has started budding yet and i reckon we have another week or two to finish a bit more off, well Nevil will when he isn't getting costumes ready for World book day and helping with homework!