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Well, this week the first of the cattle came in for the winter, and the very last of the rams went out with the ewes but not before one of our best rams died suddenly as he waited in the shed. As an o… more →
Arcadian Advocate
all change
arcadianadvocate wrote 5 days ago: Well, this week the first of the cattle came in for the winter, and the very last of the rams went o … more →
busy busy
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arcadianadvocate wrote 2 weeks ago: What a day we’ve had – weighing lambs and pigs and selecting the best for boxes and a fa … more →
tell the pigs it's not cricket
arcadianadvocate wrote 3 weeks ago: We received a frantic telephone call this afternoon… three pigs causing havoc in a lovely gar … more →
a dark and stormy Sunday morning
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arcadianadvocate wrote 3 weeks ago: Well, we managed to dust the pigs last night in their stable and waking up today to such a wet and s … more →
itchy and scratchy
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arcadianadvocate wrote 3 weeks ago: Animals! The wordly wise know very well never to work with animals.. but we are somewhat stuck with … more →
twister
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arcadianadvocate wrote 3 weeks ago: The back man cometh, well actually he goeth. Today Swift has been sorted out in a big way and I hope … more →
damp and dreary makes us weary
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arcadianadvocate wrote 4 weeks ago: A damp and dreary morning does not help us adjust to the time change. Why do we find it hard to adju … more →
shortening days...
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arcadianadvocate wrote 1 month ago: I don’t think I can blame the lack of blogging just on the shortening days but I wish I could! … more →
the farm that Jethro built
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arcadianadvocate wrote 1 month ago: this is the puppy who worried the steers This is the puppy who worried the steers.. this is the stee … more →
to drill or not to drill is the big question
arcadianadvocate wrote 1 month ago: I am not talking about a visit to the dentist - although that is one of my great real life phobias … more →
first lambs away
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arcadianadvocate wrote 3 months ago: As I write this post early this morning the first lambs, and a few pigs are on their way to the abat … more →
the down sides of keeping sheep
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arcadianadvocate wrote 3 months ago: What sort of day have you had? Here it is – day 2 of harvest 2009 so already Jethro is immerse … more →
the ladies are still waiting
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arcadianadvocate wrote 5 months ago: The ladies-in-waiting are still waiting and I feel extremely foolish for announcing we’d have … more →
a little light relief
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arcadianadvocate wrote 6 months ago: Just a little light relief from all the chores, and how we laughed… These brave men deserve al … more →
no news
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arcadianadvocate wrote 6 months ago: No piglets yet! Did we put her off by cooking roast ham for Saturday lunch? The due date given was S … more →
boys and their toys
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arcadianadvocate wrote 6 months ago: Nothing quite like a quiet Bank Holiday weekend! I expect the Tamworth gilt to have her very first p … more →
busy as bees
arcadianadvocate wrote 6 months ago: We’ve had bees swarming this week and new calves born almost every day while the raging tide o … more →
the long walk to life
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arcadianadvocate wrote 6 months ago: Clearly I spoke to soon when I wrote yesterday about the lack of problems in the cows. I tempted fat … more →
raining calves
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arcadianadvocate wrote 6 months ago: Well the rain arrived on Thursday night, in fierce bursts leaving us in a warm murky pool of humidit … more →
