The Heavy Roller

The tractor pulls the roller every spring To flatten the damage that winter brings. The cows pug sodden ground after rain Which dries hard if not rolled smooth again. The roller looks heavy enough to the eye But it’s just a hollow cylinder…

The Post Rammer

We’d had to stay inside for days The rain kept falling so many ways. Light, then heavy, then not at all. Finally, Dad made the call. ‘Let’s go and get in some supplies We need more posts of every size.’ We grabbed the…

Too Much Grass

There’s very little farming time When the amount of grass is just fine. In winter it won’t grow at all Then suddenly it’s really tall.

Spring has sprung and tractors begin To cut the grass and bring it in, To store away in…

Shifting Baleage

The cows were gone, the crops were sown Too much baleage had been grown. The time had come to take it away In readiness for another day.

A truck came in, large and strong With a trailer that was very long. We watched…

The Cattle Yards

When this place became our home We had no cattle yards of our own. Our neighbour let us borrow some So down the lane our stock would come.

But the race didn’t rise above our heads The ramp sloped down below instead. In…

The Tree Feller Fella

There’s a tree feller fella and he’s coming up the drive. He’s been trimming all the shelter on the farm since I was five.

He’s got a big machine that seems like a dinosaur, Looking very scary with its powerful single jaw.

He…