Neil McGowan focuses on lambing ease for his Texel flock at Incheoch
As I write at 2 am, I monitor the lambing shed camera, awaiting a Texel gimmer's second lamb.
Neil McGowan Stuff Blue Monday – time for change for Neil McGowan
The New Year was joyously welcomed at Kilry Hall, marked by lively dancing and playful antics, all orchestrated by Stewart, the Singing Shepherd from Stow.
Neil McGowan Field margins: Worms, latex gloves and water proofs
In the pastoral landscape of May, Tups diligently carry out their crucial work overseeing the lambing season for the Lleyn flock.
Field Margins: Neil McGowan has 90% calves weaned per cow exposed
The last time we wrote, we were complaining about the rain making harvest tricky, it has been a lot wetter since, with just short of 15 inches measured for the month of October.
Field Margins Neil and Debbie McGowan, Incheoch, gearing up for next week’s on-farm sale
The focus of the current activity centers around the eagerly anticipated Ram Sales. With just a week ahead, anticipation is building as preparations culminate for this significant event.
Field Margins Neil McGowan takes stock and talks stock at Incheoch
Blaze of Optimism: Cutting Hay in Wet Weather Proves Challenging, Wrapped Up Amidst Drouthy Days
Neil McGowan Neil McGowan packs for the Highland Show – cornflakes, towels and liquid refreshments
There is still a bit to pull together like packing food for the sheep, picking up the hired caravan and stocking it with show essentials (towels, cornflakes and a range of liquid refreshments should just about cover it), load the trailer with buckets, pen sheets and signs and – sort out the sheep.
Field Margins Neil McGowan: Busy spring at Incheoch has begun
Grass is growing, even the lawn got cut at the weekend during a quiet spell in the lambing shed.
Field Margins Neil McGowan – home to work at Incheoch after three Bull Sales
I remember my Grand-father telling me that “you can stay at home until you ken nowt – and you can gallivant away ‘til you hae nowt!”
Field Margins A month in Neil McGowan's shoes as the busy spell is just around the corner
We saw the New Year in with great style in Kilry Hall, royally entertained by Stow’s greatest showman – Stuart Anderson, known to many from the sheep lines at the Highland Show.
