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Pickling; The show; Fireblight; Bull comes home
Monday 8th August Still windy but calmer than yesterday and last night; bright sunshine and warm though. Turned into a nice afternoon and evening but I didn’t see much of…
Apples / Firewood / Sheepfold
Monday 11th September Quite a lot of rain overnight and a couple of showers this morning, then sunny and warm But not as warm as it has been. Car said 18C, which is quite nice.…
Bugsy / New Tup / Tractor In / Bull prep
Monday 28th November Bit milder today but damp and grey. Went to let the hens out this morning and found the ponies in the poultry. Thankfully, they hadn’t…
Lambing over / New hens / WC refurb / Harvesting
Monday 23rd April Sunny but really windy – out of the wind it’s really nice. No2 lambed – a black tup and a white ewe. Did it all by herself; nice lambs, no…
Introduction to Smallholding Course notes
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Christmas / Beach / Ponies
Monday 23rd December Wet in the morning so planned ride out was cancelled. We’re not completely fair-weather riders, but it was chucking it down. Did a triple hay run,…
Cat flap / New planting / Pigeon
Monday 23rd September Real autumn feel today; cool, overcast. The trees are starting to change in earnest and the ponies’ coats are thickening up. Spent three…
Rain, cheese and weeds
Monday We actually got some sun today – came out about noon until about 4pm. Really warm too. Either side of that it’s been overcast, with rain this morning. Dan…
Scything / Fox / Shearing
Monday 20th May As usual, Monday is paperwork day. With it being the start of the new financial year and with the business reorganisation we’ve done, the systems are just…
Rooster / Caravan / Polytunnel
Monday 5th April Cold, cold, cold. Wind sweeping from the Steppes and scouring all before it. Sunny though, and dry. So not really complaining. And so it’s the end of…