Snowdrops

The grass on the paddock is very short, so I'm supplementing the diet of the few sheep grazing here with haylage; other than one Herdwick, we don't believe these ewes to be in lamb.

Snowdrops are blooming everywhere in our garden.

Weather is like spring, yet were still in Winter; we only had snow for four days this/last year. As Charlie returned from work another ewe gave birth, she had many problems sitting down, wandered often, also digging the floor (another sign their about to lamb).

So far we've seen mother ewes giving birth to lambs sitting down, last year they stood up.

Charlie sprayed the lambs severed cord with iodine, then place mother ewe and lamb inside a large pen, in two minds whether she would lamb again; she only had one.

Slightly cloud days are a pleasant walk in the woodland, a chance to take spherical photographs of the beautiful Craik Forest.

One of the ewes has a bad bag, Charlie has to ring the vet tomorrow.