Di and Andrew moved onto Cliffe Grange Farm when they married. They have farmed it themselves since 1993. It is a mixed farm.

Andrew's father was a farmer/dealer in cattle. The business came to an abrupt halt with the foot and mouth epidemic. The problems in raising beef cattle were compounded by the bureaucracy and they gave up producing beef altogether and now produce dairy cows, fat lambs and grain, sugar beet, and forage maize. They keep the business as straight forward as possible and now do much less paper-chasing. Working the farm is still hard work but altogether less stressful. The milk is sold to the Muller factory that can be seen across the fields. They sell all their lambs through the local livestock market and supply local grain merchants Grove Feeds. There is another farm at Stoke on Tern producing grass and animal crops, sheep and grain. In total they farm about 800 acres and keep 160 cows and 450 breeding ewes. They employ a herdsman and a general farm worker. Their children show no interest in taking on the farm.

Di's father was the Nat West Bank manager in Market Drayton. She is employed at New College in Wellington to support dyslexic A level students. Di is chair of the school Governors at Buntingsdale School and a member of Stoke on Tern Parish Council. The infants from the school visit the farm at lambing time.

Di and Andrew provide a managed environment following the directions of the Environment Agency. The River Tern runs along their boundary and they use it to irrigate their crops.