Journals - May 2012


30th May 2012 - 07:18
This week we had to move our sheep. Up until this point, they had been happily sharing a paddock with our three weaning calves, but then we noticed that one of the calves was getting a little too amorous with one the sheep!  Although the sheep didn’t seem at all bothered, we thought it...
16th May 2012 - 09:42
We’ve bought in our hay for winter, which involved hiring a large trailer and picking up 140 very heavy bales from the seller’s farm about 2km away and then of course, they had to be stacked in our hay barn. As I’m sure you can imagine, it is exhausting physical work. The ...
3rd May 2012 - 05:28
Lately I seem to have been very preoccupied with ducks! We have, or I should I say had, a pair of runner ducks that live on the stream that runs through our property. Every evening they come up to the garden for food, but last week the male didn’t appear for a couple of days. When I took a...