Lamb Creep
Lamb that contracted wet mouth survived the night and this morning is suckling her mother ewe; Charlie entered the poly tunnel and also found triplets, these are the third triplets to be born in three days.
Woodburn Farm
Woodburn is a small hamlet in the area of Roberton, within the valley of Borthwick Water.
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Rejection
Unhappy with waking up to Charlie denying that he is snoring in my ear; so tired, yet he moans to me, he's tired constantly.
Woodburn
This morning I released the cade lamb onto the paddock, initially she looked estranged then when she found her footing began leaping; I believe this is what we call playtime.
Kitchen Garden
Charlie turned his attentions to the farmhouse's kitchen garden. He is harvesting Potato, Swedes and Parsnips
Woodburn Farmhouse
This is the first day prolific toothache has subsided, for months. The weather is sunny overcast.
Straw and Mac
Wet and windy day in Borthwick valley, Charlie has gone to the poly tunnel to feed the mother ewes haylage as one mother ewe is attempting to climb their pens!
Snowdrops
Today, we have two pens in the poly tunnel, each containing one ewe and one lamb.
Jackdaw
Late in the early hours, we began lambing.
Woodburn
The farmhouse from across the glen.
Jackdaws
Today I was at the farmhouse.
Grown lambs
Journeyed to Galashiels to pick up my HAC clock from a fairly local horologist; there was a broken cog, and the mechanism required a new spring.