Buying a cow

I have the opportunity to buy a cow in the spring. Really excited. It will run with a friends heard. So can add beef to my freezer in time. 

It’s been a while

Going through be March to may before I am back. Car crash in September most will know. Sheep went to ram for a few months. Jobs will have to wait till then. Fingers crossed still have crop this year! 

Moving forward

Pigs leave on Sunday. 

I have Been stock fencing triangle field. Once pigs go, sheep can move back to their field  where the grass is lush. 

The pigs have weeded the field so can reseed with grass and create sheep a lush field. 

Chickens and ducks doing well in their fort! 

A tidy of my polytunnel where pigs devastation happened once they all gone. Start to grow for next year. 

Plans for the new geese coup are in my head ready for pallette delivery in October. 

All onwards and upwards down on its acres

Forgiveness do I give it pigs or not?

The boys broken into the polytunnel today ate all the tomatoes, left the cucumbers, peppers and chillies. 

They have also got rid of 1/2 ache of nettles and prepared soil for me that I just need to grass seed. 

Balance loss of tomatoes to how much expense hard work by hand tool it would have taken me to get rid of that many nettles! Still deciding if it was worth it. Perhaps bacon butty will help me decide! 

The boys only have two weeks left. 

Oh and thank god for polytunnel tape as polytunnel mended! 

All of a pickle

Sheep escaped one field and jumped into their original field with the pigs. No idea why but stock fencing sitting waiting to repair hole hopefully I can do this weekend. 

The pigs have stopped escaping. I get feeling now sheep in there they staying to claim it as their field. If not case that  means I won the pig escaping war! 

Means I have to feed the sheep when feeding pigs. Sheep don’t really need fed! They have hay, grass and nutrients. 

It’s amusing sheep trying to steal pig food! That’s not happening lol but they do try. Other than feeding time pigs and sheep cohabiting ok. 

Pigs going end of sept so sheep will be in field with best grass. 

Mr Fox

Walked into the field this am and found mr fox. Anxiety started rising. Checked fort chicken still completely intact against the wind. All poultry safe too. 

A plan

I do like a list or a plan. 

Next project in my head is a goose hut and run. Complete with guttering to collect rain. My rain water collection has got me to end of July so need more! 

Where the chicken run ends is space to extend and create goose run. 

The turfs that where dug up last year now heap of top soil. I can see some raised beds to make netting easier next year. Raised beds would also make my chicken coup stronger for winter. 

I think we going to need more Pallettes!