Monthly Archives: April 2017

First lamb of the season

We have a new addition to the croft – the first lamb this year. Jane, one of our gimmers that we purchased last October from a neighbour, has given birth to a healthy white lamb. Thankfully she waited until a … Continue reading

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Tatties planted 

Planted ml bulk of the tatties outside toz I’ll day. The bed had been manured last spring and then covered with weed I c km msuppressing fabric for a year so was in good condition for planting. I would ideally … Continue reading

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Winter’s back 

It’s the end of April but winter is not done with us yet. Day of wet snow which lay overnight, felt sorry for the sheep – not what they need with lambing just round the corner.  Brought the hog lambs … Continue reading

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Goat milking stand 

The goats are due to kid in mid June so we need to start preparations for milking. Decided to make a milking stand for them. It will also double up as a foot trimming stand as they need to be … Continue reading

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Busy weekend on the croft

Still bitterly cold but sunny this weekend, ground outside is till too wet to work so most of the work is still being done in the polycrub. Latest batch of seeds have been sown in modules in the polycrub.  Courgettes … Continue reading

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Easter chicks

We have the first births on the croft this year! The eggs that we put in the incubator three weeks ago have started to hatch, so far we have nine chicks. Update – we have a total of twelve chicks … Continue reading

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Starting to look verdant 

Despite the bitterly cold wind outside the polycrub is taking on a predominantly green hue as opposed to brown earth. The seeds have mainly sprouted, tatties are showing through and the rocket is growing faster than we can eat it. … Continue reading

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Blending colours

I’ve been playing around with my mini louet hand combs to see how versatile they are in terms of colour blending. I initially got them to help remove the many neps I seem to get in some of our fleeces, … Continue reading

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