Up at 6am. Breakfasts made, lunches made. Other Half packed off to work. Boys dressed and pushed out the door for school. Pigs and chickens fed and watered. Wallows filled. Out mowing at 8.10am. Shifted to working on the drystone dyke after an hour. Back mowing at 11am.
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Tag Archives: Fencing
Who did it?
3 November, 2011
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I did the morning rounds of the fencing just before 10am today. All was in good order except for a brace that had snapped in a far corner of the croft. Nothing serious and nothing to worry about. When I went out for the afternoon check just after 4pm, I found a nasty surprise. Someone [...]
Read moreAnother one of those holes
16 August, 2010
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With three strainers easily set in place to mark out two new pens, it was inevitable the next one would be difficult to put in position. The first three could have been moved a foot or two if I hit stone, the fourth could not as it has to line up with the others and [...]
Read moreFencing additional pig pens
30 April, 2010
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Rain yesterday left the potato field too wet to till today, so I decided to crack on with fencing off an additional pair of pig pens. The new pens will be at the top of our hill, which means they will be for summer and autumn use only. The site is too exposed to the [...]
Read more Maintaining the fences is a regular chore
19 November, 2009
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One of the constants of running a croft or smallholding is fence maintenance. Every day, I walk the fences to check there are no shorts in the electricial sections, the pigs haven’t dug under or pushed over any sections, all the posts are secure and none of the wires have slackened. As I do my [...]
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