Snow
Snow arrived yesterday, Charlie took me out for a drive along the road to Ashkirk.
Woodburn Farm
Woodburn is a small hamlet in the area of Roberton, within the valley of Borthwick Water.
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Home Lambs
One gimmer and wether escaped their appointment with the slaughterhouse and rejoined the flock.
Snow
Snow has reached the Scottish Borders, all this whiteness sure looks pretty settled upon Woodburn Farmhouse.
Poly tunnel
Our poly tunnel is ready for occupation, ewes in lamb will be joining these gimmers during the next couple of days.
Hay
Grass has stopped growing so our sheep will now be supplemented with hay and silage.
Sky
Planes fly high over Woodburn, heading towards Edinburgh airport.
Gotcha
Due to wild life concerns I've forbidden Charlie to use poison to kill the autumnal mouse infestation; so instead were using traps, baited with peanut butter and mature cheese.
Sheep
We're busy this Sunday mucking out and transporting sheep; today we introduce five tups to our mother ewes; Woodburn farm is lambing early next year.
Three
Charlie got the tractor running on three cylinders and thus towed the sheep feed trailer to the rear of the farmhouse.
Herb garden
Charlie has made me the beginning of a kitchen herb garden; for a planter he's used an old filing cabinet.
Woodburn
The sheep have had better days, a week of rain, the paddock is becoming a landslide of mud. This morning clear blue skies, but fast moving clouds encroach a gloomy grey upon this day.
Grasskeep
Woodburn paddock was overloaded with sheep after returning a flock from the Craik Forest. Charlie loaded six ewes and transported them to Selkirk grass keep.