Can’t believe I have left it so long to tell you all that has happened!!
A quick summary of the year so far!
We survived the frost and snow in January-it was a long month, with so much extra feeding and bedding up.
February -was wet and cold, a miserable husband came back in each day. I was 6 months pregnant and beginning to find it harder to climb into the tractor each day.We scanned the ewes to see how many lambs each ewe was carrying- or not! The results were good,as lots of lambs were due .
Sky had 6 puppies on the 14th.
March- the sun came out!!! we all got excited and six layers of waterproofs came off.
April- lambing started on 1st. We had the help of a student this year as I was not allowed to help lamb because I was pregnant. I just supervised and went off collecting silage for the stock. By now we had run out off feed, so had to buy some in. The roads seem very bumpy on a tractor when you have a large bump to support.
May-the lambs are bonny and skipping around in the sun. I by now am not skipping, I can hardly walk,but then on the 16th May, baby Ben arrived and not only could I see my feet again but I could also get into the tractor-no problem.
June-never ones to plead for rain but we really needed some by now. The fields we had shut up for silage we had to offer back to the stock for grazing, so didn’t bode well for the number of silage bales we will make.
July- we have no grass, so cut our corn for silage instead.and then it rains!
Still not enough to get the grass going properly.
At leasrt we haven’t had to mow the lawn much this summer and the B&B guests have had a lovely time, with walking on the moor and not getting soaked.
You are now up to date with events on the farm and I will try and keep it that way.
We arfe currently getting ready for weaning lambs, (if we can find some grass to wean them onto!) and preparing for the local shows where we have a stand in the food hall, promoting our meat.