Posts Tagged ‘Top Paddock’

Hay Bales Stack – our new home?

Sunday, September 13th, 2009
Hay Bales Stack

Hay Bales Stack

It was very exciting this week when when one of the local farmers turned up (a little later than planned!) and topped and baled the rather long grass on the top paddock. It was a very thorough job. One day they cut it, the next they turned it and finally they baled it all up and then it disappeared!

When I say disappeared, what I mean is, I am not sure quite what arrangement we had with the farmer on what was going to happen to the resulting bales. Last year we had to pay for the paddock to be topped. This year I am rather hoping we won’t have to pay and we might actually get paid a little something for the hay as well!

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The Cows are gone (Moois Cowis – for Mad Maggie!)

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

CowsThe cows have gone to pastures new, and I don’t mean they have died! Despite only being 8 of them (a mixture of heifers and young bulls) they have done a pretty good job of eating the grass down to nothing in the top paddock. So Mr P’s Uncle John (to whom the cows belong) decided they needed to be moved off. It is sad to see them go, they were rather nervous and skittish, but the kids were just getting used to seeing them around. (In fact I am not sure who was more nervous of who! In fact it took quite a bit of convincing our youngest that they were not in fact ponies at all!)

He was also a bit concerned they were getting a little feisty, and having seen them stampede around, I would not have wanted to get in the way of them.

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State of Shock – Walked the Land

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Waterloo Farm - Rear SideWell I think we are both still in rather a state of shock! After our news this morning we were desperate to return for another visit, this time with our wellies on so that we could ‘walk around the land’. Fortunately someone was available to let us in, and with a quick spot of baby sitting from my Mum we returned to the Farm!

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