# A Farming Life

A series of articles by Terry Marsh on his working life on Monkton and Thanet farms from 1976 onwards, originally published as a regular column in the Monkton News.

```{figure} https://res.cloudinary.com/monkton/image/upload/v1786112544/Terry_FL05-combine_pihutb.png
:alt: Vintage Combine Harvester
:width: 80%
:align: center

An early combine harvester working in Monkton.
```

```{toctree}
:maxdepth: 1

01-getting-started
02-sheriffs-court-farm
03-farming-in-monkton-in-1976-77
04-farming-in-monkton-in-1976-77
05-farming-1976-77
06-farming-1977-79
07-farming-1977-79
08-farming-1977-79
09-farming-1979-85
10-farming-1979-85
11-farming-1979-85
12-farming-1979-85
13-farming-1985-95
14-farming-1985-95
15-farming-1995-2015
16-farming-1995-2015
17-farming-1995-2015
18-farming-1995-2015-combine-harvesters
19-farming-1995-2015-combine-harvesters
20-farming-1995-2015-tractors
21-farming-in-monkton
22-close-calls-on-the-farm
23-close-calls-on-the-farm-continued
24-close-calls-on-the-farm-continued
25-the-dry-summer-of-2026
```