Will's World WILL'S WORLDWill's World: We can all relate to going 'full Greenwood'A folk hero, the Oxford English Dictionary tells us, is simply “someone who is admired by the ordinary people of a country or region because of something special they have… WILL'S WORLDWill's World: Jobs can wait for harvest festival recitalI’d said I couldn’t go. We had cattle booked to go to the abattoir that morning, it was forecast to pour with rain all day, and I had a million… WILL'S WORLDWill's World: Why I've made a temporary return to tillageThere’s something about ploughing. I don’t know if it’s the smell of freshly turned earth, the satisfaction of the straight lines and level surfaces, or the solitude and time to… WILL'S WORLDWill's World: The most valuable thing on your farm is youA few years ago, I was honoured to be asked to be an ambassador for the Farming Community Network, and I readily accepted, for several reasons. First, I obviously assumed… WILL'S WORLDWill's World: How Mrs Evans brings me out of my shellAs I write this, I’m sitting in my man-shed, shivering in about 17 layers of clothing. The rain is falling even faster than Keir Starmer’s approval rating, and I am… WILL'S WORLDWill's World: Rough season brings mental health reflectionDark nights and dark thoughts tend to go hand in hand and, as always, I find myself feeling melancholic at this time of year. Another summer’s gone, I’m exhausted after… WILL'S WORLDWill's World: 'Trouble' stubble turnips prove a bum dealDo you have a field that routinely makes a fool of you? I suspect that most of us in farming do. I’m talking about one of those fields that’s a… WILL'S WORLDWill's World: Trolls take a toll when farming meets FacebookI don’t subscribe to the “everything was better in the good old days” way of thinking, though I realise it’s easy to fall into that seductive trap. Nostalgia for a… WILL'S WORLDWill's World: Back to school after a summer of farm learningSuddenly it’s September. The Evans girls have gone back to school and, after the noise and chaos of the past six weeks, the house feels as silent and still as… WILL'S WORLDWill's World: Things that go bang at harvest timeI call this time of year “injury season”. Farming’s a hazardous job as it is, but add the physical and mental exhaustion that comes with weeks of harvesting, and you’ve… WILL'S WORLDWill's World: Bokashi – a brilliant solution to food wasteThere are three things that get the present Mrs Evans up on her soapbox. The first of these is bad customer service. Several months back, at a popular children’s attraction… WILL'S WORLDWill's World: Inaugural Farmer Olympics off to flying startThere now follows a special report from correspondent Will Evans at the inaugural Farmer Olympics 2024. Unless you’ve been living in a cave, you’ll be aware that the first Farmer… More articles
