There seems to have been a lot going on at Strickley this week, so this is just a brief summary. I'm sure I've missed something out (and as well as all of this there's milking/feeding/mucking out etc).
Muck spreading - most days. We've done the pastures and fields we'll be reseeding, and are now onto the meadows.
Chain harrowing. Henry would have liked to have done some aerating, but the ground is just to heavy and wet.
Tidying up the new soakaway extension (covering with soil).
Covering the reinforced beck banking (see a previous post) with top soil.
Redirecting a land drain in the Big Field (getting bunged up with tree roots).
Sending three cows to Dunbia at Sawley (their final journey).
Taking three bull calves, one British Blue Cross heifer calf and two cows to Kendal auction.
School visit from Crosscrake school.
Project managing the final stages of the Toilet Block. The plumber and builder have been here - but things would be so much easier if suppliers delivered the right stuff, with no bits missing.
Mole catching.
And today there's a group of keen photographers here. In his spare time (what spare time I hear you cry), James is doing a photography course, and has invited the class here for some practical work.
Muck spreading - most days. We've done the pastures and fields we'll be reseeding, and are now onto the meadows.
Chain harrowing. Henry would have liked to have done some aerating, but the ground is just to heavy and wet.
Tidying up the new soakaway extension (covering with soil).
Covering the reinforced beck banking (see a previous post) with top soil.
Redirecting a land drain in the Big Field (getting bunged up with tree roots).
Sending three cows to Dunbia at Sawley (their final journey).
Taking three bull calves, one British Blue Cross heifer calf and two cows to Kendal auction.
School visit from Crosscrake school.
Project managing the final stages of the Toilet Block. The plumber and builder have been here - but things would be so much easier if suppliers delivered the right stuff, with no bits missing.
Mole catching.
And today there's a group of keen photographers here. In his spare time (what spare time I hear you cry), James is doing a photography course, and has invited the class here for some practical work.
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