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Lambing so far
I visited my sister last weekend and got a hard time over the lack of diary entries - I am resolved to do better. Our lambing this year was due to start on Sunday 25th…
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Niamh / Rushes / Pigs
Monday 6th April Sunny but so windy again. Dan had office work this morning then got the chainsaw out to prep timber for splitting and cut kindling; then he was off harrowing…
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Mainly calf spam
Monday 1st May May Day, Beltane, first day of summer. Well, it didn’t rain but it wasn’t taps aff weather either. My brain is like cotton wool – come on,…
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Tupping / Smoking / Steers housed / Cattle in for winter
Monday 13th November Grey and wet here but none of the snow other places have had. Niamh has a very yellow bum; she’s seven past in April and didn’t lamb last…
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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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8 years at Dalmore / Meet Rocky / Dead lamb
Monday 14 May Eight years in! Can’t believe we’ve been here eight years – and yet it feels like we’ve been here forever. At the start, we used…
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Tatties / Caravan / Shearing
Monday 16th May What a change from the weekend! Heavy rain most of the day – and much cooler as a result. But it’s to be nice the rest of the week, so…
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Panda is born / Swarm / Shearing
Monday 22nd May Been a bit showery today, which is good. Had a spectacular fall today while moving the cheeps – the rope broke just as I heaved on it. I must have gone…
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Calves / Milking or not / Ponies
So, Monday morning, I had to drive to Stirling to collect our meat chicks and two Maran pullets for a friend. I was supposed to collect them last Friday, but I wrote the time down…
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Weeding; Baking; Knitting; Cattle
Monday 7th November Finally got started weeding the veg garden. Did the perennial bed – it’s the easiest because some of the area is taken up by strawberries and…
