He farmed his land for eight years before moving to Plainfield in 1840.
But she has been farming alone for six years, since her second husband died.
"I've been farming for 25 years and never seen it like this."
The island was farmed and grazed for three hundred years, up until the 1940s.
I've been in farming here for over 60 years, and it's definitely the very worst we've ever had.
Henry Batt farmed the area for twenty six years, and died in 1833.
The district was farmed for over 100 years by local farmers of subsistence farms.
After the war they lived and farmed in a secluded part of Suffolk for many years.
He and his wife raised four children and they farmed for twelve years.
The Dutch colonized the area by the 17th century and farmed the region for more than 200 years.