Tuesday morning Pitch and Stitch - 10.00am to 1.00pm

Tuesday morning Pitch and Stitch - 10.00am to 1.00pm
This hanging from Annie Downs' Hatched and Patched book should be in every caravan as a cushion or decoration!

Thursday, 17 March 2016

Many Mouths to Feed

So, with the boy gone off for a week on Lundy, the days stretch before me with loads of time for quilting......or so I thought.

Jonathan was moaning that it was going to be hard feeding the 200 sheep without his right hand man, and my offer of help was greeted with a sarcastic remark.  So I took Milly off for a walk down the drive.  After a play in the barn, we started making our way home when the Landrover pulled up beside me.

"Are you coming then?"

So off we went to feed the sheep.

As I got out to open the gate they all came charging up.


First job was to line up the troughs which had been kicked all over the place













all the time being barged about by fat, hungry, pregnant sheep













Then grab a bag of feed

 
and empty it along the troughs.  It's important not to spill it on the ground - so luckily, most of what I spilt went into my wellies.












And finally everyone was fed.

Phew!





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8 comments:

  1. Unknown17 March 2016 at 11:25

    Looks like it was a lovely day. I bet Jonathan enjoyed you taking pics and documenting the moment :)

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    1. Lorne Hill Farm Craft workshops17 March 2016 at 14:14

      Hmmm - yes. He actually shouted at me to stop taking pictures and get a move on - cheek!

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    2. Belinda Robinson18 March 2016 at 05:55

      Haha, that sounds familiar!

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  2. Jen Grist17 March 2016 at 12:13

    Is your grass growing? Or is it extra feed because of lambing? Most of the sheep who are close to birthing at the farm, are indoors.

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  3. Belinda Robinson17 March 2016 at 14:08

    I bet Jonathan loved you taking photos in the midst of it!

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    1. Lorne Hill Farm Craft workshops18 March 2016 at 10:11

      He told me to put my camera away - and not very nicely either!

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  4. Lorne Hill Farm Craft workshops17 March 2016 at 14:15

    No - the grass is at a standstill. It's because we start lambing in a couple of weeks. We used to lamb indoors too but have found it's much better for them to lamb outside.

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  5. Carolynpage.slt19 March 2016 at 01:25

    I'm exhausted just reading it. I hope you get extra farmers wife wages for all that.

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