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Worm testing
We try to use as few chemicals as possible, without compromising our stock's health. Chemical wormers are one of the things we try to avoid. We use a herbal wormer for the…
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Aaargh! Knitting with electric fence
At this time of year, I usually put a few sheep on the lawn. When I say "lawn", it's the bit of grass INSIDE the fence as opposed to "field" which is the same grass outside the…
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Tidy, tidy
Well, Dan and I are up at Dalmore again, boots loaded up with pots and plants. And dogs. Happily, our two and John and Linda's two are getting on rather well. Tess is the…
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So no bonspiel this year
The recent dry, cold weather froze everything solid. We could have held a bonspiel on the front paddock. In some places the water was too deep for really thick ice to form but I…
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Vegetable garden
This time last year, the 3/4 acre paddock that is now the vegetable garden was grass. Since then, we've put on new gates, tidied up the fence, built five 1.2m x 18m raised…
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Sunshine / Cows / Broken PTO
Monday 31st May First job this morning was to dose the lambs with white wormer to protect them against Nematodirus; the NADIS report said we were a red area. I rode Smokey.…
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TJP Day 6 Sheep and weeds
Day 6 (Thursday) was about bringing our forty sheep home from rented grazing. OMG, how did it get to be forty? We've got a sheep course here on Sunday and it would be poor if we…
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Goodbye Meg / Winnie moved / Mucking out Rosie
Monday 23rd January Ooh, full sun today. Zaza came for her Monday morning play with Bryn. Meg was much better this morning; she came out with me, had a big pee, supervised my…
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Bambi and Kit / Harrowing / Urquhart
Monday 18th February Office day – finally finished the quarterly VAT return. My least favourite job, so it always feels good when it’s done. Dan cut and packed a…
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Sheep scanning
We had the scanner here last week to scan the ewes. We've used the same lassie for seven years and she's never been wrong - and I'm hoping she's right this year too. Of the…
