Displaying 111 to 120 of 178 results for paddock paradise
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Beds / Bedding plants / Hedging
Sunday 3rd November So we got home on yesterday after a lovely week in Gardenstown. The weather was kind – the only rain was on the Friday. It’s just a great wee…
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Brassicas / Brambles / Wellies
Monday 12th August Dry and sunny with a breeze – good fro drying up soggy soil, I hope. Dan cut the grass and checked the bees. The nuc is now queenless so will die out…
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Pigs
Last year, 2012, was the first year we’d kept pigs at Dalmore. We bought three Hampshire gilts, born 1st January, and had them slaughtered on the 21st August. We would have…
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Blossom / Bluebells / Bean
Monday 9th May Cool and overcast, then rain. Dan’s home from Portugal – then his phone started pinging as a number of the team tested positive for Covid. Thankfully,…
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Pigs away / Apple pressing / Festival
Friday 14th October Set up the trailer for Sunday and the pigs going to the abattoir. Hopefully the hurdles will stop them breaking anything – or at least anything…
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Farm walks / Camembarry / Honey
Monday 6 August John topped two paddocks this morning – mainly to take off the thistle flowers. Some of these were quite short and he had to cut a bit lower than I would…
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Weeds; Game Fair; sheep movements; Sassos
Monday Trailer duly delivered to the local dealer – not as bad as we feared so we should get it back Wednesday. Vet came to see Wallace – he’s had…
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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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Flower Show / Cheese / Lambs
Monday 13 August Wet today, but not cold. Cleaned out the upright freezer – bit of a bonus for the pigs as there was quite a lot of fruit that we clearly were never going…
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Apiary / Barn / Wood store / Gwenna's ear / Bug lame
Monday 11th September Not as nice as forecast – and we need to cut the front lawn so that the pup can negotiate it safely – and visibly. The vegetable garden needs…
