The animals

The dentist will see you now madam…

As we've had the donkeys for five years now, we decided to get their teeth looked at, which you are…

3 years ago

Are Squirrels thick?

I ask the question as we’ve not had any takers for our squirrel feeder. We’ve had to resort to prompt…

4 years ago

Jungle book.

Do you remember that film? The cartoon version from - wait for it, 1967 (believe it or not!)? IMDb rating…

4 years ago

40 bales.

Or how to get organised and get them shifted! Andrew, our farmer and straw supplier only had Thursday morning available…

4 years ago

Straw wanted.

After last year’s disastrous barley harvest, we’ve had to make do with the previous year’s crop. Our lorry back which…

4 years ago

“Winter draws on…”

Change the clocks, change the routine change the underwear. As a young, raw, naive new boy introduced into (Civil Service)…

4 years ago

Lawn cutting…

Always attracts their attention! Donks should not be fed lawn clippings as they are too rich, too easy to gorge,…

4 years ago

Barn painting

It’s that time again and the barn roof needs painting. I did it three years or so ago, and used…

4 years ago

Shear joy.

The shear joy of taking your coat off on a warm spring day. To cast off the dirty, cumbersome, restricting,…

4 years ago

A new broom.

A new broom sweeps clean, so they say (Ed. - Who’s they? Need some attribution here), but when to replace?…

4 years ago