Took a few photos over weekend and thought i might share a few, top one is were sheep are grazing now.
Noticed how yellow (dead) the grass looks under wire, it was last grazed early october but not that hard so they left grass by wire.
Going to do a couple of trials next year to see how long...
Walked up Cadair Idris by dolgellau today, very windy at the top , walked in my wellies 😆 . Good workout need to keep fit now im a bit to old to play sport.
Took my own lambs to dunbia this morning £5.60kg, booked some from work going tomorrow evening £5.50 and fieldsman said the could be down again by monday.🙁
6.30 for welsh 6.25 gb in Llanybydder.
Had a tex yesterday, first for months
Saw buyer today at local show and i said you must be short of lambs,
He said that they were for next week.
Grandfather was made to collect nettles to feed the calves when he was a child and gorse for the horses.
They knew that it had something exta to go to the trouble to feed them.
Dug a gate post hole 3ft deep by a clump of nettles, so i mesured the roots, how deep did they go?
No prizes, just a...
Had a small inheritance £1300 from a great Aunty, the note with the comformation letter said " spend it on something that will make you happy".
She lived to a 101 that sums her attitude to life.
I wouldn't want to be anywere else in the world either, i was thinking that after Holwellcourt's post about a milion setting you up very well abroad.
Id rather 10 acres here than a thousand any were else.
There is one quote by a Lic grazing consultant told me year after i left school, " just...
Got two ponies here, wife never talked about horses ever and out of the blue she rang me one november and said she's got an early christmas present for the children.
Could tell by her voice might not like it, got home and there was the pony, o well happy wife happy life.
Thing is by spring she...
I have fond memories as a child of taking sows to the boar and the owner was a lorry driver for mr kipling, he had a shed full of out of date cakes and i could fill my boots as the saying goes.
He fed the pigs with them, boxes and all.
Good job youv'e got your own thread, can't really boot you off here🤣. Unless you were abusive which i very much dought, why boot you off just because you had another way of grazing?
I do try hard to have an open mind about most things and stay curious.
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