Category: Friesland Farm
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Snowdrops, sunset and quail eggs
Monday: Settled back into routine now and out to do the animals first thing, nothing untoward today they all seemed to be getting used to being inside. Came in a lit the fire, Mum popped in for a coffee and I gave her some of the Camembert cheese to take and share with my brother,…
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Scotland, dead quail and roast dinner.
Good morning 😀 normally I write notes each day as I go along for typing up into the blog but as we have been away this week I am winging it and hope I don’t forget anything. Firstly, Scotland, what an amazing place that was, Eagle Brae is the most fantastic place I have stayed,…
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Salt, furry cheese and goose eggs 😀
Monday: Good morning 😀 it’s not as bad as I expected it to be after all that rain and at least the sun is trying to shine a little bit. It’s a whole week since I bought my cheese home and I have been turning the Camembert every day as instructed, it’s definitely taking on…
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Tired, forgetful but still going 😝
Monday: Have loved telling everyone about my trip to River Cottage 😀 I followed the instructions we were sent home with on what to do with my cheeses, the Caerphilly is in the cupboard out the back ripening, the Camembert is sitting on the side with salt on ready to be turned and salted later…
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Spring shoots, moody skies and River Cottage 😀
Monday: Well the cold temperatures didn’t arrive at the weekend either, beginning to think the powers that be have no idea what they are talking about, they can’t predict elections and they can’t predict the weather accurately either 😝 Today is Blue Monday, the most depressing day of the year apparently, one thing they get…
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Rain and Snow but not as much as predicted.
Monday again: This morning I spent a good couple of hours as I went round making sure the pens were cleaned out a bit and fresh bedding put down on the floors. I still haven’t heard back from the chap about the ducks and now we are coming into mating season they are trying to…
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Cleaning, more cleaning and groundhog days 😜
Tuesday: Back to reality and doing it by myself, yesterday on the bank holiday John and I spent the morning cleaning out all of the pens the ducks and chickens are in, that was hard work, 6 barrowfulls out of the duck stable and it stunk, ducks slop water everywhere then it gets under the…
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Welcome to 2017 😀
Well I hope you had a great time over the festivities and are ready to get back to ‘real life’ lol, for us, an element of real life never goes away, animals need attention 365 days a year regardless of wether or not too many sherbets were had the previous night 😝Famous last words, more…
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Merry Christmas and a Happy 2017 😀🎄🎄
Monday: Made a few adjustment to a couple of the pens in order to make life a little easier for all of us, trying to give them something new each day so that they don’t get bored, hanging up a cabbage for them to peck or putting in a pile of hay for them to…
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Defra, tarpaulins and much work to do.
Monday: Cold and frosty again, on my rounds I notice that the orchard lot don’t have any water, John did them yesterday and obviously didn’t top up while the hose was defrosted, the nearest available water is in a water trough by the greenhouse so I break the ice and use that, it’s not the…
