Strimmer

We baited the flock with ewe pellets, from the paddock onto the farm drive way. Charlie trimmed the hoofs of two ewes; a sick cade lamb (yesterday, too week to stand up) was dagged and has now returned to drinking bottled milk; which appears to be working.

Zwartble mother ewe is almost ready to go, just her lamb that requires ear identification tags before boarding, to go through livestock passport control.

The law of the land states that all livestock are required to have numbers, and to transport them, a livestock movement book is required.

Our friend could not find the padlock key to the field so we lifted the sheep over the gate one by one. The Zwartble mother ewe waited as we unloaded her lamb.

Early evening the rain ceased, so I strimmed the remaining dock leaves from the paddock, bringing the job earlier than tomorrows planned date. I was so tired when I came down from the hill, Charlie helped me drop the strimmer, kindly brushed down my clothes before I changed to rid myself of the grass pollen that was making me sneeze.

As a child I suffered from an allergic reaction to grass clippings, eyes dried up turning red alongside fits of sneezing slime. Severity lessened during adult years.

I'd been using the strimmer for over two hours, my body would not shaking. I covered myself up on this occasion as I am allergic to the grass pollen; with the effect of making my skin swell to the appearance of Cellulitis.

The doctor at A&E thought I suffered this but tests returned a negative result; however anti-histamines (piriteze) took the swelling down.

I wonder how many other fifty year old women use a strimmer for hours at a time? We purchased a petrol strimmer as the dock leaf infestation on the paddock is bewildering, the lambs have not faired well grazing; feels as though the farmhouse paddock has been cursed; as the lambs at our other two grass keeps are in good condition.

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