Wildlife
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Now for something not building related!!
Mmmmm a white blob in the field….. What could it be…… The farmer who rents the fields put 26 sheepies in the field but all supposed to be barren or at least not pregnant this year…… Eek could it be remnants of dead sheepie….. Eaten by what….. (Maybe the puma one of the neighbours…
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Rats!!!!
We have rats….. (Warning this post contains graphic details please don’t read on if you dislike the use of rat traps) Kind of expected on the farm, where they are entering the tin hut and chewing holes in plaster board walls…. But now we have them in our attic at home too!!!! Now James and…
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The sheep
Our sheep tenants are back in the fields!!!! Every time we are spotted at the gate (usually with the dog) they run to a further point in the field making photos rather hard to get!!!
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Pics around the farm
Whilst the borehole was being dug I took a few photos around the farm…..
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Wildlife in the banks
I found a few lovely specimens of plant-life nestled in the banks of our hedgerows and borders on the May bank holiday!!! Any help identifying the unnamed hoots would be greatly appreciated!! I appear to have left the book on my newly made shelving unit in the hovel!!! Borage? Bluebells Red campion? More bluebells and…..…
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Day two in the little tin hut!
I wake very early, especially considering it was Easter Sunday, but the dawn chorus was LOUD, not surprising when you think that the little tin hut’s windows are ill fitting corrugated plastic and plastic bags!!!! I sat in the lounge area of the little tin hut and read some of the Gwlad magazines that the…
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Rough Pastures
After a restorative cuppa in the Hovel we headed out along the other borders of the property over the rough pastureland. Following the animal trails we wandered down to the stream pipe which seperates the two of the three section of rough pastureland. Dad suggested we get a stone trough put in under the pipe…
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The Woodland
The best place currently to get into the woodland is the top corner of Big Field. As we went into the woodland the floor was a carpet of Wood Anemones and Celandine. It was beautiful. We also found a few RedCampion flowers. To the left on entering the woodland the fencing/boundary needs to be sorted…
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Tentative First Steps!
We arrived at the Smallholding/Farm (I shall be using these terms probably fairly interchangeably!) to collect the keys and complete a few bits and pieces with the previous Owner. We were introduced to the workings of the oil fired Rayburn… We were also shown how to precariously dip the oil tank to check levels, thankfully…