Displaying 101 to 110 of 216 results for John Lomax
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Poultry Sale at Forfar
There's a poultry sale on at Forfar this week, so I'm going along with my birthday money. We've had hens since 2002 - started with three, now have 70 plus, mostly…
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Pigpen / Hanging baskets / Diesel
Not much of a diary entry this week. The start of the week was cold and frosty so gardening was out, then Storm Otto came in with rain and strong winds. Before Storm…
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Beekeeping 2
I saw my first bee of the year today. We have some heather flowering, so I hope it got a feed. We're on the second last week of our beekeeping course this week. I'll miss it…
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Heathers / Aspen / Willow
Monday 10th March Back to windy this morning. Tuesday 11th March Murdo here today, so Dan’s been outside too. They spent most of the day in the orchard, taking down…
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Lambing over!
Well, that's our 2011 lambing, and our first at Dalmore, over. Rather unexpectedly in the end. We thought Jura wasn't due until the 20th, but she must have held to her…
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Breeze and Blizzard
Dan and I were up and about early today and off to Aberdeen to pick up our two Shetland heifers. It took us about 90 minutes to get to the ferry terminal. The calves were loaded…
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Paddock Paradise 6
My chum, Claire, sent me a few photographs of Sheepfold on the day we turned out the ponies. It highlighted how much the field has changed. The track is now very bare. However,…
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Cows in calf / Barn prep / Baking / Tupping prep
Monday 16th October Wet and miserable here today. Jane was out to trim Bug’s feet so he’s looking better all the time. He seems to quite like his boots. I was up…
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Dalmore
Well, we're finally here. We got the keys today - there was a minor glitch when our mortgage money disappeared into the financial ether rather than into our solicitor's…
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Living on one acre or less by Sally Morgan
If you have read John Seymour’s “The Complete Book of Self Sufficiency”, then you will have a rough idea what this book is like. It covers lots of topics but none…
