Month: February 2018

When we bought Treathro, around 220 silage bales were left stacked in the corner of a field near the house.     On inspection, we found that this was old old or very old and rotting.  Clearance is required and after some thought (and a failed attempt to give it away!), we think the only...

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At the end of the day, checking the animals, one calf was unaccounted for.  Looking across the field from the barn, Debbie spotted her… behind the fence, on top of the wall!   With the light fading and only two possible options for a decent (either back down on the barbed wire fence, or a...

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We have decided to re-design and change the use of the old cubicle shed.  This currently has a central division and a total of about 60 cubicles.  The two existing doorways are a bit narrow too (the New Holland T5 won’t get through the doors).  first job is removing the cubicle dividing bars…   Enter...

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The grass in the garden at the front and side of the house, plus the walled garden just keeps growing.  Clearly this had to be cut somehow… but how?   I really could not be bothered to get the mower out… but luckily, we had 98 lawn mowers that needed to be moved from the 20-acre...

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We have lots of ditches in need of clearing.  We have gorse to clear from walls ready for fencing to go up.  We have “modifications” required to one of the sheds (removing old cattle stalls and dividing walls).  That was how we have justified the latest purchase!       Very shining and just too...

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