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In your field: Thomas Carrick - 'A healthy countryside is one which produces plenty of food for its population'

Summer is over and the kids are back to school. All the rain has made it another fairly growy month, which has this corner of the countryside looking nice and green with plenty of grass in front of both fattening lambs and Mule gimmers.

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In your field: Thomas Carrick - 'A healthy countryside is one which produces plenty of food for its population'

Summer is over and the kids are back to school. All the rain has made it another fairly growy month, which has this corner of the countryside looking nice and green with plenty of grass in front of both...

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