Author Archives: Neil

Photos – black and white

      Cotton grass in the late evening sun and the sheep up on the hill

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Holly

    Holly relaxing by the gate having chased down the tennis ball!!

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Faroese geese and goslings

    Thought it was time I posted a pic of the geese with their goslings. This was taken a couple of weeks ago, when there were still 6 goslings. Unfortunately we are now down to 3, not entirely sure … Continue reading

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Caddy Lambs

Lambing nearly finished – just one ewe left – so far we have 14 lambs from the 9 that have lambed. Had one problem ewe who had mastitis and didn’t have enough milk for both lambs, so we’ve had to … Continue reading

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Photos of North Roe

           

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Another panda lamb & tatties planted

Fourth lamb of the season – a ram lamb born to Crunchie All tatties now planted on the rigs, lots of varieties – Red Duke of York, Sharpes Express, Anya, Charlotte, Yukon Gold, Rooster, Cara and Roseval – should be … Continue reading

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First lambs of the season

First lambs of the year born today – Ebony, a gimmer, had twins, think one ram and one ewe but will need to check for sure, ram is pure black and the ewe lamb is panda like! Another gimmer, Spudulika, … Continue reading

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May is here

Any there’s plenty to be done on the croft. Waiting for the ewes to lamb – thought one had lambed earlier today but turned out to be a rock! Have put muck on the rigs for kale and leeks and … Continue reading

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Beautiful day

Sunny cloudless skies to say goodbye to April, and I’m on holiday for 2 weeks! Planted out early peas and broad beans onto the rigs, late peas are not quite ready for planting out yet Start planting prairie garden, day … Continue reading

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Geese

Spent much of the weekend herding geese! Acquired 4 faeroese geese a couple of weeks ago and they’ve split into 2 pairs: Keely and Buffy who are a goose and a gander (Buffy is on the left and is, curiously … Continue reading

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