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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: jaykay on March 31, 2012, 08:15:11 am
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Oh good grief, 6-10 inches of snow forecast here on Tues. Glad I've got the option of my neighbour's old barn for lambing......
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Already got the thermals...snow shoes..etc.
OH has made a lambing pen already for the Shetlands. ( 4 due anytime soon )
I checked them at 4 this morning in my housecoat...what a breeze..!. ;D
Got more wood in for the stove...and candles for any power cut.
:)
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We're forecast light rain Monday and sleet / light snow Monday overnight. What a shock for the pigs - three months old and never seen rain :-)
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an update on the pigs :farmer:
it is a bit fresher here this morning it will be the sheep i will be bothered about they were clipped on Thursday :farmer:
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Too hot yesterday here in Devon, too cold today. March has been a misty month here and there is an old saying "As many mists in March, as many frosts in May"
As long as it stays dry for my lambs whilst they're little I shan't mind the cold.
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and the ash is out before the oak......
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and the ash is out before the oak......
The ash is always out before the oak........
Robert - what on earth made you get your sheep shorn in March?
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and the ash is out before the oak......
The ash is always out before the oak........
''If the Oak is out before the Ash,
T'will be a summer of wet and splash;
But if the Ash is out before the Oak,
T'will be a summer of fire and smoke.''
i hope your right!!
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i knew somebody would ask that i did not think it would be you FW
they have to be clipped in march for showing :farmer:
they can still come in if it is wet and cold
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OR ...............
Oak before Ash we're in for a splash
Ash before Oak we're in for a soak,
;) ;D
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We have no oak trees up here, so the ash is always out first - must be why it's always so wet ::)
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well here in central Scotland neither the oak or ash are out sycamore is just budding hawthorn is just greening up :farmer:
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Oh aye, neither is out yet. We're at about that stage too, high up in Cumbria. We do have daffodils however, which make me smile nearly as much as lambs ;D
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here, the ash is just out, the sycamores leafy and the hawthorne and blackthorn and cherry are in blossom.
magnolia and cammelias are nearly over mores the pity, i havent spent nearly enough time with them this year.
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i knew somebody would ask that i did not think it would be you FW
they have to be clipped in march for showing :farmer:
they can still come in if it is wet and cold
Even I like to stir it sometimes ;)
You should keep a sensible breed ;D :sheep: We hand shear ours in May for showing - still have plenty of fleece by June/July. Don't think we'll be showing any this year though
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Hampshire's are a sensible breed ideal for crossing and the wool is not to bad as well will be trying a lot more shows this year with them :farmer:
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A Friend visited today and said we are to expect down to minus 9 in the next week or so? :o I really hope not!
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Snow and sub zero ? ! I guess that you are in the far north or up a mountain. I hope that the recent warm bout did not persuade too many to plant out tender veg. It is still quite warm here in central France with very dry soil so what with all the fruit trees in blossom I have planted out tomatoes ! Ooops - best check the forecast.
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No,we are in the east Midlands,it was quite cool today but cannot believe it shall get that cold here...???
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Hampshire's are a sensible breed ideal for crossing and the wool is not to bad as well will be trying a lot more shows this year with them :farmer:
u have hampshire sheep and hampshire pigs? ;D ;D ;D
i used to live there...lol
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My OH left Limoges today for Rutland - she is sunburnt and is the red head walking about the east midlands in a vest and sandals. Here in the Limousin the thermometer ( in full sun) hit 40 again this afternoon at 5:00 so the OH will feel pretty cold tomorrow.