July 2019

By simon thompson18th July 2019Uncategorised

July 2019   The weather dominates as usual. Just this spring/summer is the opposite to last year. We all have an embarrassing abundance of grass. I don’t want to be down to the last couple of bales of haylage again like we were this very kind spring.   Lambs are obviously growing really well (as

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June 2019

By simon thompson8th June 2019Uncategorised

Spring 2019 – June   With lambing now behind us we are able to objectively look at how the winter and early spring have impacted the flock. Not surprisingly 6 months of generally mild and dry weather resulted in ewes in perhaps too good condition, but for us this did not result in particularly large

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