Yesterday was a study in getting stuck in the mud. I squelched my way through fields with my arms out like wings trying to keep my balance. The ground underneath is still frozen so in some areas the melting soil is like a slurry on top of ice, in others it is deep cold muck from the heavy feet of moving animals. That kind of mud sucks in your gumboot and keeps it while you lurch forward unaware.
Plus it rained on and off all day which is very welcome, even if it adds to the murky muck. No-one is allowed to step foot in the big fields, they are soaking up all this moisture untouched.
My computer seems to want to reposition my images to suit itself and I don’t have time to fight it in the morning. So bear with me.
The Shush Sisters only had a short time in their mud hole before the cold rain began. Then they stood at the gate and squealed at the barn until I came out and let them back in. Once they were back in their newly cleaned pigsty they hurled themselves into the straw and said maybe tomorrow miss c, today is a bit too wet even for piggies. Especially pregnant piggies, grunted Charlotte.
Good morning. Daylight saving has come so early this year that it is pitch black again when we get up, which feels like a step backwards. I don’t milk Daisy until dawn so her morning schedule only slowly changes. The lambs have their last feed at 8pm from now on so I was in bed early and that long sleep was a great relief. Running a farm full of different animals makes your life fluid and changeable. Malleable I suppose the word is.
I hope you all have a lovely day. The sky is just beginning to lighten so out I go into the mucky murk or is it the murky muck.
celi
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66 responses to “The Mucky Murk or is it The Murky Muck”
It never gets cold enough down here for the ground to freeze and then turn into mucky muck. I will say I’ve never known pigs who won’t go out and roll in the mud, even in the rain!
It was freezing rain, we are still pretty cold here. it is interesting that they will root into the mud but they will not lay in it until it is a bit warmer.. only their hooves and noses get mucky! c
Even with the rain and muck, I bet the animals still love to be outdoors (well that is, except the pigs).
We still have lots of snow on the ground but we’ll be in the muck in another month!
Have a great day!
I do hope that in another month we have some growth .. fingers crossed.. it has been long enough..c
Playing in the mud yesterday on the hiking trail – a little yucko! Happy Monday on the Farmy:)
No mucking around here but rather plowing through the snow. Again.
Yucky, sucky muck cause it sucks your boots off. But there are definitely worse things. Like a lack of water! Michael did some plowing yesterday and is trying to get house water tanks filled and some tilling done before we get any rain. Then I’m gonna plant me some onions! 😀 Have a great day Celi!
snowy murky muck here, too. Last night’s drive through blizzard conditions was no fun at all. Hoping for a better day tomorrow when we cross the Pennines to meet Tilly in Carlisle. Love to you and all my farmy friends. Daylight saving starts the last weekend in MARCH, in Europe.
It did here as well last year, but for some reason the powers that be have changed it, who decides these things anyway!? It feels way too early!.. c
Sending you WARM Sunny Days with just enough amount of wind to dry stuff out! Drying will be the best gift!
Linda
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We don’t have very much muck, yet, but the backyard is off-limits because the alternating snow/rain/melt/freeze has made all surfaces more suitable for ice-skates than snow boots. Boooo! But the sun is shining. And I’m trying to convince myself I appreciate it more, after the extra hour of darkness, this morning. 😛 Have a great day, c!
Thank you thank you for letting me know that Mia is on the road to health. Fighting for eats is a very good sign! Also, how I can tell Mama with the one up one down ears!
yes that is her trade mark look!
No, not one up and one down–I looked again–down but up at the ends. : )
(Laughter!).. c
That truly is murky mud! Hope you have some well-deserved sunshine soon.
Well for me it is murky muck 🙂 ! With my poor sense of balance the wellies would not be the only parts mucky! Oh, absolutely love the closeups of the fourlegged inhabitants you managed, even if Daisy especially managed to look quite unimpressed with the situation!
Our muck is beneath another 12 inches of snow…but it is there because it rained and rained before the snow. Enjoy the wet!!!! Your farmie will be grateful for it later on!
Oh we do .. every drop is welcome and it is still cool enough to soak right in as soon as it thaws.. thank goodness.. c
That is wonderful! Maybe this will be the year that the farmers will get just what they need when they need it as far as the weather goes!!! 🙂
that would be a WONDERFUL year, i had one once, in NZ, we got an inch of rain a week, at night, for weeks and weeks, it was like a prayer.. the garden was divine that year! c
Oh my goodness—that would have been PERFECT! All that rain and at night. Perfect!!!
Glad that you’ll be able to catch up on some sleep now that the lambies don’t need mid-night feedings.
The ground has so many different ways of being treacherous. It’s wonder you even dare walk on it!