At last some rain. Still lots of grass, but this rain should certainly freshen things up, (and the worms). Spring stitching of grass in some of the fields and the broadcast of additional clover I fear will have been partly wasted due to the lack of rain in May and June (and most of July).
So lambing was completed in what can only be described as perfect weather, except perfect for so long that it started to look like something less than perfect – drought and no grass! We were lucky I guess in that the post lambing fields were full of grass and so were the “next fields”. After
7th Feb 2017 I am afraid that I never seem to get round to updating you on what is happening with the Culland Lleyn. Best will in the world… do you know the problem? A quick summary of the autumn will be familiar to nearly everyone – stacks of grass but lamb growth rates way