FIELD MARGINS Royal Highland Show signals benchmark against farm jobs for Neil McGowan
The Highland Show signals the benchmark which a lot of our farm jobs are measured against – we are ahead of work in some areas and behind in others.
The Highland Show signals the benchmark which a lot of our farm jobs are measured against – we are ahead of work in some areas and behind in others.
We are at peak lambing for the main Lleyn flock, but by the time you read this the bulk of the ewes should have done the job and we should be thinking about gathering the remaining ones into a couple of closer-by fields.
As I write at 2 am, I monitor the lambing shed camera, awaiting a Texel gimmer's second lamb.
The New Year was joyously welcomed at Kilry Hall, marked by lively dancing and playful antics, all orchestrated by Stewart, the Singing Shepherd from Stow.
In the pastoral landscape of May, Tups diligently carry out their crucial work overseeing the lambing season for the Lleyn flock.
The last time we wrote, we were complaining about the rain making harvest tricky, it has been a lot wetter since, with just short of 15 inches measured for the month of October.
The focus of the current activity centers around the eagerly anticipated Ram Sales. With just a week ahead, anticipation is building as preparations culminate for this significant event.
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There is still a bit to pull together like packing food for the sheep, picking up the hired caravan and stocking it with show essentials (towels, cornflakes and a range of liquid refreshments should just about cover it), load the trailer with buckets, pen sheets and signs and – sort out the sheep.
Grass is growing, even the lawn got cut at the weekend during a quiet spell in the lambing shed.
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