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Winter work
Got up fairly early today (for a weekend!) and spent the morning, in the rain, dragging huge branches of ivy out the field, so we can let the sheep back in soon, and they can clean up the ivy that is … more →
colour it green diary
winter work
colouritgreen wrote 2 days ago: Got up fairly early today (for a weekend!) and spent the morning, in the rain, dragging huge branche … more →
electric sheep
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colouritgreen wrote 2 weeks ago: Electronic identification of sheep comes into effect at the end of the year – we had our lette … more →
waiting for rain
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colouritgreen wrote 3 weeks ago: The forecast had given dire warnings of heavy rain for today, so it was with surprise that we woke u … more →
ram home
colouritgreen wrote 1 month ago: rainy day today – and it got steadily worse Very attractive idea to stay indoors and just knit … more →
autumn proper
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colouritgreen wrote 1 month ago: Suddenly, I noticed whilst trudging down the hill to visit the sheep, the leaves are coming off the … more →
is it worth it?
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colouritgreen wrote 1 month ago: When raising animals for food, and eggs, or growing veg, it always has to be questioned whether it i … more →
new lamb skins
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colouritgreen wrote 2 months ago: We collected the latest lambskins from the lovely people at Devonia yesterday. They are so friendly … more →
Saffron and Shawn
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colouritgreen wrote 2 months ago: I was in the sheep field today, gathering just a few more hazelnuts. Saffie, our Zwartbles cross ew … more →
animal husbandry day
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colouritgreen wrote 2 months ago: Today we killed and dressed and jointed the three cockerels, which are nearly 19 weeks (I miscalcula … more →
ram
colouritgreen wrote 3 months ago: Yesterday we fetched the ram for his visit with our sheep this year. It all went pretty smoothly..o … more →
bluster
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colouritgreen wrote 3 months ago: Really blustery today, but thankfully dry. It did mean we lost some of the damson crop – the e … more →
already autumn
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colouritgreen wrote 3 months ago: I like this time of year, wandering around the perimeter of our land, gathering blackberries from th … more →
lamb ribs
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colouritgreen wrote 3 months ago: Yesterday we collected the lamb back from the butcher (minus their personalities, as they say). It a … more →
three down
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colouritgreen wrote 4 months ago: A long tiring but successful day. Not particularly dizzy – I think my body is putting it off … more →
mud
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colouritgreen wrote 4 months ago: It would rain, of course. Because rain makes it even more important that we get the spuds up, in the … more →
sheep husbandry
colouritgreen wrote 4 months ago: Dry today, so we took this island of dry weather and did a little work on the sheep. Everyone got a … more →
some days..
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colouritgreen wrote 4 months ago: … everything seem stacked against you. No sooner had I got the washing out, two loads, and th … more →
late weaning lambs
colouritgreen wrote 4 months ago: Last week, we decided to separate the ewes and the lambs. And they were all a bit cross about it. L … more →
last steps in the big freezer plan
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colouritgreen wrote 4 months ago: another rainy day, so, after a late and pleasant start, drinking coffee with family etc, we declared … more →
