Sheep wool

The ladies and gents have been sheered. @about 39p a kilo from wool board. Washing the best fleeces for spinning. 

Get a foot bath and fill with water and detergent

Add your fleece and lace to soak

Leave in the sun to dry

Takes a few days but we will get there! Then it’s ready for the spinning process 

Bbq for a fiver

When you buy a bbq for £5 and do it up. The picture is the remains of the bbq after using. 

Cost £10 to do up and a few hours. So pleased with result but was excellent testing it out this evening. The heat resistant paint worked. Food was lovely too! 

I can see some happy evening ahead! 

New arrivals

This years pigs have arrived 

Lambing finished

Last two lambed!! 

Breakfast!

Polytunnel news

Polytunnel cleared of plants all outside planted! Frames set for tomatoes. Up cycling  old barrels into tomato planters. Irrigation system arriving tomorrow. Then sowing next lot of seeds for my second flush! Tomatoes will be planted. 

Morning after

All survived the night. All fed now mid morning snooze! 

When you think it’s all over!

When one of your last sheep to lamb is scanned for three and you think it’s all over!! And you spot another head coming out!! 

First time mum who tested my shepherdess skills, first lamb was tiny and cold. Heat lamp and tube feed was needed. Catching mum was a performance. Last one needed help coming out as leg was stuck!