Posted in livestock, self-sufficiency, sheep, smallholding, tagged fleece, sheep, spinning, wool, solar energy on 11 May 2008 | 2 Comments »
Had the sheep shearer come today - nice lad, very competent at his work, kind with the sheep, and takes care over not cutting them. He’s a local lad, and divides his time between here and New Zealand.
Although I think it would be good if we learned to shear.. watching him work.. I realise it’s quite [...]
Posted in grow your own food, livestock, self-sufficiency, sheep, smallholding, tagged sheep, lambing on 8 May 2008 | 2 Comments »
the window for lambing now draws to a close.. if they squeezed any out now they remaining ewes would have had to have been tupped on the ram’s last day, and be a week late too! - is not going to happen…
So - not a roaring success.
Only one out of the three ewes lambed.. she [...]
Posted in livestock, self-sufficiency, sheep, smallholding, tagged sheep; lambing on 22 April 2008 | No Comments »
Moved the two ewes-who-have-no-intention-of-lambing into the field with Sharona and her lamb, Rogan, today. No choice really: out of grass in the orchard, and so the flock is back together.. only now are four. This came as a bit of a surprise to the two girls and to Rogan the lamb, he wanted to play.. they [...]
Posted in chickens, grow your own food, livestock, self-sufficiency, sheep, smallholding, tagged chickens; chicks; sheep; lambs on 20 April 2008 | No Comments »
Stunning how fast Rogan is growing.. mind you he has all the milk to himself, and is eating grass and vegetation now. It’s a real shame he does not have any other lambs to play with.. shame for Sharona his mum too.. as he has to jump on and harrass her! Today he was happy [...]
Posted in livestock, make it yourself, sheep, tagged knitting, lambing, sheep on 19 April 2008 | 2 Comments »
It’s been three weeks. Three weeks ago we were sitting in front of the fire on a cold wintry day, himself spinning, me knitting, when the lambing began, and with that spring popped into place. Today it popped out again, and back into winter. April often seems like that: the fight between winter and spring. [...]
Posted in grow your own food, house and home, livestock, self-sufficiency, sheep, vegetables, tagged sowing, vegetables on 18 April 2008 | 2 Comments »
We found a jackdaw in our bedroom. Most odd. Not, that is, finding a jackdaw inside.. that has been a fairly regular occurrence in our lives, in our last house and this. The jackdaws build their nests on the chimney pots, and when the junior jackdaws start to take their first steps, they often fall [...]
Posted in grow your own food, home education, house and home, livestock, self-sufficiency, sheep, vegetables, tagged sheep, sowing, vegetables on 14 April 2008 | No Comments »
Glorious sunny day today, two loads of washing dried, yay for outdoor drying… and not having stuff hanging damply on the clothes horse in the kitchen…
Nice Idle morning, my Mum came round, (as we are havng our ‘Easter holidays’ from home ed at the mo) we drank coffee, compared notes on the progress of our [...]
Posted in general wittering, house and home, livestock, self-sufficiency, sheep on 10 April 2008 | 2 Comments »
When I was a child, we would often visit the small farm belonging to friends of my parents. They had kids the same age as us, and we always looked forward to the visits. The place was always fascinating to me - just because of the chaos.
My family were deemed a little alternative in our [...]
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