Category: Latest News
Pond update… now with water!
05/12/2017
As winter is upon us, the dry pond is no longer dry. Here’s a few of Debbie’s shots of the watery pond…
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Removing hanging slates…
04/12/2017
We have been removing the hanging slates from the outside on 2 elevations of the house. These are not just slates, but slates that have been rendered over. It’s our belief that a lot of the damp problems may be caused (or at least not helped) by damp being trapped behind these slates/render. The water...
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2.5 tonnes of straw in 6 bales…
28/11/2017
6 big bales of barley straw delivered today from M&S Transport. We had to wait for the tractor to arrive before we could receive the straw… these are bales that you don’t throw around by hand! The gap between the old buildings was only just wide enough for these bales to get...
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Tractor Arrives!!
27/11/2017
Well… the new New Holland T5 tractor has finally arrived. Very shiny and big and blue! It arrived on a 60-foot low loader at 7am and he managed to immediately get the lorry stuck by running off the edge of the drive! This meant that the first job of the new tractor was to pull...
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Cattle Arrive…
20/11/2017
Finally the cattle have arrived. This is the start of what it’s really about! Four Red Ruby Devon cows, each in-calf (due next April) and each with this year’s heifer calf at foot. Slightly scary moment for one of the calves as it took a slide on the wet concrete, but all ok. They are...
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