… That most of the time my images have nothing to do with what I write. 
Do you think this is because often we are watching what we are watching but thinking of other things at the same time? Multi tasking in the thinking department.. as well as just plain multi tasking.
We got piles of farm work done yesterday. In fact there is a perfect balance with Pat and Hugo and I. We are rocking on so well. 
Turkeys grow faster than peacocks. 
The main push at the moment is to get the weeds pulled out of the hay fields. I think we might cut hay early next week. We will be cutting a lot of hay as the new hay field is ready for its first cut now. But all that rain simply drowned plants in the fields and as we know nature hates a vacuum and there are a lot of big nasty weeds to get out of there. So Hugo and I are working flat out to get the fields cleaned.
Poppy is settling right down again but (to her disgust) she has to stay in the lock up for a few more days, once she is used to the space there will be less disruption.
All the calves are alive and well (though there is still some coughing from the weakest amongst them) but growing – growing fast now.
This weekend we test Lady A and Auntie for pregnancy, they were quiet yesterday but there was a lot of jumping on each other the day before so I am not so confident of the outcome now. I am so tempted to get a bull. It seems to me that it would be a lot easier.
The gardens are still slow, the weather has been cool, lovely really, but not conducive to fast growth and the summer slips by so fast.
Boo is good, in spirit as well as physically, he and Ton are seriously in love with Hugo. He has memorised all my commands and works with them endlessly. Though for Hugo the ride-on mower is the star of the show! John is happy.
I hope you have a lovely day,
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
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And to hear from another corner…. After reading Pat R’s take on bull ownership, my guess is it has cured you of any possible desire. However something that no one else has mentioned is inbreeding. The bull one would purchase would really only be good to use with the first generation (wouldn’t it?), because all future ones would be his offspring…. but you would still be left with an anxious bull to contend with. Seems to me when others have mentioned the possibility of renting one for a month or so each year might be a more reliable way to go and then have the bruiser gone again. AI does seem a whole lot easier, but then I guess you are always left wondering, as you are now.
I love the conversation in your blog as it is, disjointed from the photos of life around you. As others have mentioned, it is like sitting right there with you and looking at what you are looking at as we chat back and forth.
I had no idea that farmers weeded out hay fields! Although, thinking about it, I suppose if you don’t weed them out of the worst weeds, then the weeds may take over and choke out the good stuff. But, goodness, weeding out hay fields does give me an entirely new respect for farmers…….. oef!
It’s such good news about Hugo and Pat and you being able to work so well together! It would be fun to be teaching a new language to a young person, while working along side of them. And the news of good health among all your animals, especially Boo, is just so wonderful.
So many of your posts recently have left me in deep thought… I love them but don’t always have anything much to say that everyone else hasn’t already voiced. But I am grateful that you share your thoughts so beautifully and allow us, specially me, to overhear. — hope your day is a good one too ~ Mame 🙂
Fall is just around the corner…I can feel it in the air. Have a lovely day with all your helpers!
A bull? Nooooooooo 😦 we’d all be so worried about you….
Multi-tasking: of course! The photos you take largely explain themselves but we cannot ‘see’ into your mindset unless you give us some clues . . . ) ! Hmmm, can see Boo and Ton happy in a ‘boys’ world’: methinks they call it ‘serendipity’ . . .
we used to have herford bulls when i was growing up. most of them were no problem, but as they got older occasionly we had problem bull, so off to market he went, fast.
we had the only bull on the holler, so it was common site to see neighboring farmers leading their cow to our field for an afternoon of cattle romance,
is there a chance there is a neighborhood romeo bull u can arrange bovine flings with?
A bull? Are you sure you really want to deal with a bull? Unless you’re really going in for being a cattle (beef or dairy doesn’t matter) operation, a good, long, long, hard think before getting a bull. As other have stated, bulls are not the most cooperative, and when they decide to be agressive and destructive they’re not easy to keep confined. The last thing you need is literally a rampaging bull (there’s very good reason that’s described that way – they rampage). My dad worked on his brother-in-law’s farm in his youth and said he hoped he never had to deal with a bull again and there were two of them on the farm. Keeping them separated and contained was a major part of the daily routine and there were several incidents during the time my dad worked there that he never wanted to talk about, but which obviously left a deep impression on him. Rent one by all means for as short a space of time as necessary, but if it was me, I’d just be happy with AI and be done with it.
Good to hear everyone is doing well on the Farmy.
And a lovely day back at you Celi 😃
Made me remember that I’ve got to organise my wood for winter….
Wow, I’d heard negative things about bulls, but never first-hand experience. The Farmy Forum is a wealth of information.
I absolutely love reading your blog. The pictures are always exquisite android our stories strike a cord with me and meagre little plot. I like your piggies and cows best. My dad once rescued a pair of Holstein Steers and they were one of my favourite animals we kept 🙂 – one of them was ‘badly’ castrated and more bull the. Steer. – I hope I can have some piggies and a cow some day and write as thoughtfully and insightfully as you 🙂
*and your. Not android.