Yan, tan, tethera, methera .....

Four Soay sheep have arrived. Pictures to be available when we can get close enough for a good shot. They were very nervous on the first day, and kept their distance. But after a day of getting used to their new surroundings they are coming closer for their Ewe Nuts (not what you think - really just Iams or Go-Cat for sheep).


More soon.

Imminent arrivals

Back on line after a few weeks with a lot of other things happening: mostly Richard doing his (not very) celebrated comedy drunk routine in the Bristol Opera production of The Vampire. 


Anyway, after complaining about the lack of rain, we promptly had a month-long deluge, with all the surrounding grass and weeds in the field becoming enormous. The trees themselves are mixed. The plums have lots of leaves, the apples rather few, and we aren't sure whether it's the natural life cycle of the different types of fruit or whether it's because the plums are all at the bottom of the hill, and therefore get more water running down. We'll see.


We're hoping the grass and weed growth will be solved after next week with the arrival of some sheep. We have four Soays, a kind of Ur-Sheep breed, with origins lost in the mists of time. They originate in the Western Isles, so a damp hillside in Gloucestershire should be easy enough for them. Of course, the trees need extra protection.


That's the thing about this project. Once you start, you need to do more things to keep everything under control .....