Snow continued to fall throughout the night with a couple of inches deposited on the croft by the time the boys ventured out to catch the school bus this morning. Their immediate response was “Excellent!” The boys and Harvey, our Border Terrier, were delighted to have the chance to romp madly through the snow for [...]
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Archive | November, 2009
First snow of the season
29 November, 2009
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We were startled earlier this evening when the temperature suddenly dropped from 2C to -2C and snow started falling. It wasn’t because snow is unusual at this time of year, but because we’ve had a dearth of genuinely cold days throughout most of the autumn. We’ve had a couple of hard frosts, we’ve had gales, [...]
Read moreIt’s better than being in the mud
25 November, 2009
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The Wee ‘Un and I brought our Berkshire porkers in from their very muddy outdoor pen this afternoon. The Wee ‘Un is an excellent swineherd, with his job being to walk to to one side of the front of the herd and steer them with his pig board while I walk at the back and [...]
Read morePorkers will have to come in
24 November, 2009
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When I fed the pigs earlier this morning it was apparent that the continuing rain, waterlogged ground and eight hyper-active porkers had combined to produce a morass of muddy slop in one of the pens. If three alleged customers had bothered to collect their pairs of pigs four weeks ago, on the dates they’d agreed, [...]
Read moreWhy do we bother selling pigs?
23 November, 2009
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As visitors to the blog will have noticed, we have a notice at the top of the first page that says we have six Berkshire weaners available for sale. This morning, I received an email in response to that notice. Was it from a genuine, prospective customer?
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