Craig writes:
The livestock side of the farm has been very busy.
We sold 27 of our fat lambs at the mart recently and as expected we didn’t get a great price for them.
The road outside my house has been getting tarred and all the machines have been parked in the steading yard. To our shock they had tarred a strip in the yard because they had some left over – a bonus!
We've also been through the ewes to see which ones will and will not be in good enough condition to be tupped and have lambs this year. We were checking for teeth, udders and strength.
Autumn is definitely here now as there are leaves everywhere. I've been burning them. There was loads of smoke and it was hard work but great fun! Once I had the fire going I had to rush back for another wheelbarrow load before the last lot had burnt – what exercise I must have got doing that!
We were working on the sheep in the field beside the house in the afternoon so every so often I ran and put another load on. The second time I burned some leaves they were a lot drier so the flames were roaring!
I also went to a friend’s birthday party where we went to a giant remote control car racetrack – It was great!
I would like to tell you about another hobby I do, still farm related but different. Over the last couple of years I’ve experimented with growing a small amount of crops in one of the plots in the garden.
The winter barley that I sowed in September is now bushing out as well as the slightly younger winter wheat I sowed in October is shooting through the ground.
In the spring I hope to sow spring barley, oats and for a change lupins. I just do it for fun but I use the grain for bird feed.
Comments (1)
Craig
Fires looking good!! At least you are responsible, compared to my 28 year old uncle who, when helping me start a fire at the allotment, decided to through some petrol on, and we had a 12 foot long wall of flames. oops. the lupis sound great, this year i am doing a range of cut flowers on my allotment including tulips which, hopefully, will be looking good... i am still to see though!!!!
Posted by Matty S | November 6, 2007 8:55 PM
Posted on November 6, 2007 20:55