As I am writing this I am watching the rain pouring down outside and thinking about my fathers saying "a dabbly May for a load of hay", in otherwords, rain in May makes a good crop of hay later in the summer.
May is a slightly quieter time on the farm - we are getting our machinery ready for hay making in June and July.
Earlier in the month, we trimmed all the ewes and rams tails, so that they are nice and clean at shearing time, which will hopefully be before the end of this month. We will also be keeping a close eye on our salt marsh lambs to see which are growing the best, in preparation for new season lamb in June.
The last cow has calved and gone down to graze on the salt marshes with all the others - 28 cows with 29 calves. We are also hoping for a better summer this year after two absolute washouts.
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Saturday, May 16, 2009
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