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You need specific varieties for cider which aren't great for other uses. If you grow desert varieties you may find a good market from local farm shops but grow enough of each to give continuation of supply ie don't grow 1 tree of many different types. Bramleys will always sell as people know...

Nice 6mm today, just what we needed :banghead::banghead::banghead:

It has another sister. That one kinks the tape so you can't measure anything longer than you can reach.

Unless you are working on a VW. In which case you will have the 13 or 17mm spanner in hand, and find that you actually need the 12 or 18mm.

I found that problem ceased when I lost the dog that used to like "helping" when I was fixing stuff.

See post 66

You need to clean the pens out between each use and ideally give them time for the floor to dry. That's the only way to stop watery mouth. I tried it all years ago, using the excuse "I haven't got time to clean them out". Once I finally accepted that I had to make time, I solved it.

Speak to your vet. Injectable antibiotics can fix it if started quickly enough.

I was just about to log off and go and check a ewe and start some fenceing. Looked out of the office window, and it's just started hammering it down, sideways. I'll leave it a while !

House prices are a result of supply and demand. Too many people, too few houses ?

The mistake a lot of folks make is to pull the lamb straight. you have to pull the lamb down towards the ewes heels. This opens up space in the top of the pelvic canal for the head. While your right hand is in the ewe finding the legs and getting the head in the right position use it to feel...

Rain blow over quickly here. Only 2mm but cold.

I think it was condemned before that. it cost more to run than tickets could be sold for.

🤣 🤣 🤣 The problem isn't sheep, it's people keeping the wrong ones to breed from.

You beat me to it. Pull with the right hand, better without ropes if you can grip well enough, so don't need so much reach, and push the head with the left. It's surprising how well you can feel the head through the side of the sheep. Push with the fingers and thumb to steer it.