July 2023
Highland Show / Strawberries / Toes
Sunday 2 July, 2023
Monday 19th June
There’s been a fair bit or rain overnight; today has been intermittent cloud and sun, and windy.
Dentist this morning – nothing needing done, thankfully. I’ve spent most of the day at my desk doing Festival stuff and other bits and pieces.
Dan moved two sinks from the patio to the classroom door. I will plant them up with geraniums or something equally hardy.
Pleasingly, Skip had drawn Socks into his sugar beet addiction.
Penfold
Tuesday 11 July, 2023
Monday 3rd July
The recent rain and sun combo have made the vegetable garden burgeon. And the weeds.
Everything is growing!
Must get the blueberries covered.
Blueberries.
Grey / Kirriemuir / Harvest
Tuesday 18 July, 2023
Wednesday 12th July
We shut Grey in his pen today. It’s quite big, with plenty hay and water, a salt lick; he gets fed twice a day, so he can be tied up for mucking out and replenishing hay and water. But he’s not a happy boy without his herd. But it’s only until the 24th July, when we’ll be doing our PCHS blood testing on the cows and Grey, BVD blood testing of the calves and jagging the cows to bring them back into season. The he gets out for extra sex. No gain without pain.
Harvest / Grass / Pears
Monday 24 July, 2023
Tuesday 18th July
Blackcurrants and white currants. I didn’t even know we HAD white currants here.
Wednesday 19th July
We killed and cleaned this year’s meat birds today. We bought 12 day olds; lost one a couple of days in and one at maybe six weeks. So ten to kill; total cleaned weight 28.09kg, average 2.81kg, top weight 3.68kg, bottom weight 2.42kg. Sadly, I didn’t keep very good notes of inputs – feed mainly – but the price has rocketed. I reckon that each bird cost about £10 to raise.
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