READY FOR SUMMER

After what seemed like continuous rain in January and February when the fields at the back of us were waterlogged, we have now not had a drop of rain throughout March and April. What little grass we had was soon eaten off when we turned the ewes and their lambs on it. They are out all day, but there is no grass left at all.

Luckily, the farmer who had a store nearly full of white cabbage because of the Covid-19 is happy for me to fetch a trailer load away when I need it. After I have peeled the snotty outer leaves off, I put them through our root chopper, and it comes out the bottom like coleslaw. We give them a few bucketfuls morning and night to keep the milk flowing hopefully.

Concrete

When I go to fetch the sheep and lambs in at evening, it’s like walking on badly laid concrete, all the ruts and uneven patches that had churned up during the wet weather have now set hard and it is quite uncomfortable walking across it and the ground is starting to open up into cracks. I think it is