Snow!!

The worst snow here since 1982, incredibly beautiful but hard for the animals.  We have been very lucky in the house with no burst pipes or other problems but the water troughs are frozen so daily trips with water and hay to horses, sheep and cattle. All went within a few days, I wonder if...

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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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New lawnmowers…

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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