Quince
Early rise this morning, we spent three hours gardening. After ripping out several rows of stinging nettles I began to mow the front garden, tearing up masses of dock leaf plants to find a nest.
Woodburn Farm
Woodburn is a small hamlet in the area of Roberton, within the valley of Borthwick Water.
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Yonder
Summer is here, the morning sunshine has a warm, vibrant presence.
Clipping and Craik
This is the last day but one before the end of the April, a day after tomorrow will be Beltaine, Spring equinox only seems a week ago, yet we're on the eve of Mayday.
Burning
Looked down at the poly tunnel entrance this morning in hope of finding the cade lamb alive, but no, he's definitely leaped out of this world. Today we checked the grass keeps, at the first we penned off and oral wormed the flock, then sprayed them with a blue liquid against parasites.
Sunset
Last night , I had a weird nightmare where I told Charlie I only had a month to live, because of cancer.
Lambing
I am relieved that these cade lambs have a healthy appetite for bottled milk after two new borns almost died from wet mouth.
Lambing
The last two cades have gone outside this morning, it was fun to see them placed together, in their new environment.
Lamb pens
Spent twenty minutes after midnight and twenty minutes before midnight preparing and feeding bottled milk to the five cade lambs, it's trying when you're stressed and exhausted.
Sam
The dog excites to watch the sheep being fed and watered, he runs up and down the farmyard, picking up sloppy mud on his long coat, as a brush would hold paint, following Charlie.
Lambing
My head was noisy with messages all night, but at least this morning I feel rested. Charlie couldn't put his sock on his foot because his back pain is so bad.
Woodburn
Yesterday, I returned to the farm house after visiting the lambs at the grass keep. The ewes, lambs and tup showed no signs of being pleased to see us, but walked down to our car to check for food, I guess they were looking for sillage.
Woodburn
Woke up, had bubble and squeak breakfast then took pictures / film of last nights snowfall.