Displaying 161 to 170 of 216 results for John Lomax
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Open Farm Sunday / Dead lamb
Monday 4 June The good weather continues – wish it would rain now, but none forecast. Walked the fields this morning and the thistles in two paddocks are pretty grim, so…
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Highland Show / Solstice / Beret
Monday 16th June Mild, overcast, light breeze. Big week in prospect, with Thursday and Friday at the Highland Show – RBST on Thursday, Scottish Smallholder Festival on…
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Holyrood / Trailer service / Boys moved / Weeding
Monday 13th March Caught up with paperwork and cleaned out the caravan henhouse. Tuesday 14th March Pressure washed the trailer after the sheep movement on…
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Solstice / Deer / Byre / Hay / Sick sheep
Monday 18th December A bit milder today but the ground (and the water) is still frozen. Got a message to say that one of our ewes had got her head stuck in the licky bucket…
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Flowers / Calves / Lambs
Monday 7th June Another glorious day. Had a cheeky wee smallholder’s lie-in, then took our daughter swimming. Then some paperwork. How can it be a month since the last…
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Frost / Weeding / Sitooterie
Monday 11th November Dan finished the preparation for the hedging plants and got the first bed planted up yesterday. I think it looks pretty good. Final bed prepared…
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Birthday / New hens and chicks / Cheddar! / Baking
Monday 17th April Yippee! A few rain showers today; crystal clear and a bit cool tonight, so maybe we will get the forecast frost. Bryn is exhausted – Mickey is wearing…
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Shearing / New queen / Topping / Calving
Monday 21 May Weather still good – i.e. warm and dry. Woke up stressing about grass. Ace seems fine in his pen. He can see the cows and they come round to touch noses…
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Barn alterations / Ace / High summer
Monday 2 July Still hot, dry and sunny. I guess this is not going to be good news for winter forage. Sheepfold is very dry but we have a bumper crop of clover. Corgi in a…
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Trifle / Topping / Turnout
Monday 30th March Lovely spring day – mostly sunny and genuinely warm, with little wind. Turned out the steers at East PItkerro; one of the red steers made a huge leap out…
