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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: Caroline1 on August 29, 2016, 11:40:14 am

Title: Year of the .......?
Post by: Caroline1 on August 29, 2016, 11:40:14 am

So last year I have nicknamed "Year of the Pig" as we had our first pigs, experimented with butchery etc, this year I am nicknaming the "Year of the Bird" as we have geese for the first time and may have gotten a bit carried away with the incubator, 29 chicks so far and 19 more in the incubator.

So what is your "Year of" this year???

Title: Re: Year of the .......?
Post by: Womble on August 29, 2016, 11:56:17 am

Wasp!  ;D

Title: Re: Year of the .......?
Post by: waterbuffalofarmer on August 29, 2016, 12:05:20 pm

well the year before last was year of BBQ's, last year was year of ice cream and ragwort pulling, this year I am at a loss. I will call it the year of misery! ;D

Title: Re: Year of the .......?
Post by: CarolineJ on August 29, 2016, 12:37:25 pm

Everything!  It's been a bit of an expensive one - first time making my own hay, bought 12 ewe lambs, just been to see a small tractor this morning and agreed to buy it and got home to a message from a friend that they'd had to turn down a home for one of their puppies as it turned out to be non-working and I was first on the reserve list, so incoming Border collie the first weekend of October!

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Post by: Buttermilk on August 29, 2016, 07:50:51 pm

Stone.

Lorry loads of the stuff to make tracks round the barn, sort out field gateways, do up the yard, make a big car park at the front of the house, we have even used it in the drainage system.

Title: Re: Year of the .......?
Post by: Rupert the bear on August 29, 2016, 09:28:19 pm

bruse

Title: Re: Year of the .......?
Post by: HappyHippy on August 30, 2016, 07:28:08 am

The year of the radiator - I've been without central heating for nearly 12 years.....not anymore  :excited: :excited: :excited:

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Post by: Jukes Mum on August 30, 2016, 09:07:34 am

Puppies!

Title: Re: Year of the .......?
Post by: Caroline1 on August 30, 2016, 01:59:37 pm

Oh would love year of the puppies :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Year of the .......?
Post by: Jukes Mum on August 30, 2016, 02:18:06 pm

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Oh would love year of the puppies :thumbsup:

It has been a truly wonderful experience  :love: we've lost our whole summer though so not something I'd want to do every year.

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Post by: Lesley Silvester on August 30, 2016, 10:56:20 pm

Year of the goat for me. Mind you, every year is the year of the goat.  :roflanim:

Title: Re: Year of the .......?
Post by: Scotsdumpy on August 31, 2016, 08:17:28 am

Calves!
3 Aberdeen Angus cross this year - lovely looking animals! Hopefully the 3 cows are now pregnant again to same bull (ai) time will tell!!!