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Dairy farming in Lincolnshire

This month we’re joining farmer Adam Duguid, dairymen Dirk and Glyn, trainee vet Ellie plus the udderly-wonderful Billie and Doreen as we pay a visit to Caenby Corner’s Home Farm Dairy to find out how much work goes into producing our morning pint… Billie the calf, at Caenby Corner’s Home Farm Dairy. Each morning the present Mrs Davis and I emerge bleary-eyed from our bed chamber and we each crave just one thing to start the day; that fabulous first cup of tea. It’s the same all over Britain, with about 165m cups of tea consumed each day, and a further 95m cups of coffee. Around 34% of tea is consumed with milk, no sugar. A further 16% with milk and...

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Enjoying Nostalgia in Navenby

Life in the North Kesteven village of Navenby is simply perfect. But don’t take our word for it! Mrs Hilda...

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National Treasures

Lincolnshire’s National Trust properties reopen to visitors this month after closure for over-winter conservation… Belton House, Grantham… The Brownlow Family...

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An Abridged History

The history, secrets and architecture of some of the county’s most prominent bridges… The Humber Bridge… Where else could we...

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A Great Estate

Only once in a blue moon does the opportunity arise to purchase a property with the scale, elegance and the...

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A Festive Getaway for a Silent Night

Luxurious, authentic and truly unique… Woodhall Spa’s Jenny Caswell has created six beautiful treehouses in a lakeside location to enjoy...

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Horse Power

Based just north of Lincoln, Bransby Horses is one of the UK’s largest equine welfare charities and is currently looking...

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Engaging with Nature

The public is ever more mindful of the immediate and urgent need to ensure we look after our planet for...

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Going Wild with Photographer Dean Eades

Dean Eades is the Lincolnshire wildlife photographer who has known since 2011 that there’s only one thing better than taking...

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Reap What You Sow: Tim’s Harvest…

At the time of writing, Lincolnshire’s skies are blue, temperatures are high and the county’s fields are golden brown. This...

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From Rats to Riches…

Recent stars of Grand Designs, Paul & Amy Wilkinson’s home, near Boston, is the crowning achievement of a life of...

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Gunby Hall: The Glory of the Garden

‘Our England is a garden,” wrote Rudyard Kipling in his book, The Glory of the Garden. “And such gardens are...

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How Does your Garden Grow? Daphne Ledward reveals all…

Few gardeners are as knowledgeable or as headstrong as Surfleet’s Daphne ‘Daffers’ Ledward. The reluctant broadcaster soon found herself imparting...

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5 Tips for Growing Your Kitchen Garden with Adam Frost

Have you ever stopped to consider whether the future will be better? For every decade since the mid-20th century, futurists...

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Lines Across Lincolnshire

A landscape moves and changes due to geological and historical events. Lincolnshire’s landscape has seen many such events and so...

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15 House Plants for Christmas

There’s no shame in being a fair weather gardener. Who truly enjoys going outside in the bitter cold to pull...

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Shooting in Lincolnshire

The shooting season is upon us, here’s how you can get involved from picking up a shotgun for the first...

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Gardening: A Family Affair

Just outside Wragby is a hidden paradise of herbaceous perennials and woodland walks. The oasis of greenery – a rare...

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Doddington Hall’s Marvellous Gardens

Capability Brown, the famed 18th century landscape architect, transformed hundreds of stately home gardens up and down the country in...

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Golfing in Lincolnshire

There’s a breadth of golf courses across the county, and whether you’re a beginner, a more advanced player or a...

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Grimsthorpe Castle’s Magical Gardens

This month sees the first day of a whole summer calendar of garden events taking place at Grimsthorpe Castle. The...