February 2021
WC / Sheep scanner / Marmalade
Monday 1 February, 2021
Monday 25th January
Another sunny day – not as cold as yesterday. Took the two tup lambs to the abattoir – the owner said they were almost booked up for autumn so we had a think on the way back and have booked a slot in June 2022; we’ll castrate all the tup lambs and run them on to hogget.
Graham is demolishing the WC. It was a real outside toilet this afternoon.
A REAL outside WC.
WC / Manure / Rhubarb
Monday 8 February, 2021
Monday 1st February
It's St Brigid’s Day or Imbolc - the breaking of winter and the start of spring. Aye, right.
A further rummage in the pantry has flushed out three jars of Old Dowerhouse Chutney from 2015 and eight jars of not-very-good strawberry jam. I couldn’t think what to do with them until Dan reminded me that we used the others (there was a lot) when we cooked rhubarb for freezing – one jar of strawberry jam per batch of rhubarb. No additional sugar required and a lovely flavour. Sorted.
Snow / WC / More Snow
Monday 15 February, 2021
Monday 8th February
Forecast for heavy snow – hopefully we’ll miss it. Being so close to the sea, we’re a little microclimate and quite often the forecast for here turns out to be inaccurate – and usually not so bad.
Graham is getting on well with the WC
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The new WC is coming on.
The hens are right off their lay – no eggs in the caravan this afternoon.
Snowdrops / Sunshine / Spring cleaning
Monday 22 February, 2021
Monday 15th February
The thaw is well underway now. The ditch is high but running freely. I let the cattle out this morning but it’s going to be too wet to let them out again for a wee while.
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High but flowing.
Got the farm maps out and was pleased to see that we can take Home paddock for a pond (officially) and wildlife area without taking us below the 3ha minimum area for agricultural support. Contacted the firm that built the ponds at the golf course.
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