Walkabout with TonTon

TonTon and I spent a good part of the afternoon going over all the animals and making lists as to what needs to be done and taking stock.

Queenie is in Pat’s Paddock with Hairy and there is  enough feed in there to keep them going though they need a new mineral block.

Minty and Meadow are in the Potato Paddock with Mama right down the back where the lambs cannot find her. Look at that lovely round belly.

Charlotte is as happy as a pig in mud. The Shush Sisters get their new gate this weekend (John makes all the gates out of old scaffolding pipe I found) so we can start our extended walks again soon.

TonTon jumps every gate. You can barely see Blue the Mouth in the background, he always goes as far as the yards, then waits there. He is still very careful not to get too close to any of the large animals.

And look at this naughty Murphy. He and the others are in Daisy’s paddock. (Daisy grazes the Dairy Mistress field now) This is going to be a very short season for good grass, so the fatteners are already on their fattening programme. This little Murphy is taking getting fat very seriously and goes under the wire at least three or four times a day, grazing the outside, then pops back in to visit the others.  Ton spends a lot of time out there with him, just watching.

He often keeps an eye on things from the water trough.

BlueMouth is very helpful when I am picking the asparagus  – twice a day. I pick it into little white tubs which I sit at the end of each row, on the way back I collect all these tubs into my washing basket. Usually Blue will lay with Ton, (no dog is allowed in the asparagus beds) but yesterday I found that he had hunted one of the little white tubs and was running off with the asparagus spears one by one.

Good morning. Word of mouth is selling all the asparagus I can pick so far. Soon it will flush – then I will load up the green truck and sell it at the little farmers market in town.

Both the bee hives are behaving normally, the peach blossoms and the pear blossoms and the dandelions are being harvested for nectar and pollen so I think Cleopatra and Nefertiti are cracking the whip in their respective hives.

There is another hold up on the roof. I am perfecting my deep breathing. There is nothing I can do that would hurry the process up so I am trying to be good.  It will all be done in it’s own time . There is no point getting my knickers in a twist about it.

There is rain in the forecast too. But we will see. Today I am going to take some more shots for you of the new baby kittens. No-one can feel frustrated around new kittens!

You all have a lovely day.

your friend, celi