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Sheep thoughts
I suppose it's the time of year when we look backwards then forwards. I had a long list of things to do today as the first day "back at work", like booking a post…
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Doors / Docks / Rain
Monday 12th June Rain early this morning, and then warm sun so hopefully the grass will get a bit of a boost. Dan spent an hour in the sunken garden. Found a pipe.…
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Lonely Leo
Although he has Dickie, our wether, for company, Leo, our tup, looks a bit lonesome. Our six in-lamb ewes and three ewe lambs are running together, so I wondered if I culd put…
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Sheep in clover
Since we took our sheep to Dalmore, we moved Carol's four Shetland x Ryeland gimmers into our field this morning. They are such a nice, friendly wee bunch and they followed the…
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High Edge Taylor
With Nemo going for pies in March, we needed to buy a new tup this year. And we have! He's called High Edge Taylor and was bred by Debbie Bostock in Derbyshire. I picked him up in…
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Laminitis
Smokey is on a diet. He and Wallace, his grazing buddy, have been moved to a "restricted intake" paddock. Calling it a "starvation paddock" is now non PC. Horses can contract a…
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Busy busy
Been a busy day with more to come tomorrow. Dan finished the field shelter roof; Alan, our joiner, put the sheets on last week and today Dan and his dad put on the barge boards and…
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Cheese thief; Wallace's health; birthday; tidying & making
Monday 11th July Today’s cheese making lesson is don’t leave the drying cheese where a dog can get to it. The first cheddar is gone. Not a crumb left. Bentley is No1…
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Curlews
Last week, Dan and I noticed a large flock of brown birds in the field opposite the house. We tried to get a photographs, but the quality through the window was poor and when Dan…
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Is it Spring?
If it's not Spring, it certainly feels like it's on its way. We're feeding the pregnant ewes now (and the very greedy ewe hoggs that are runnng with the singles); the Heptavac…
