Greenhouse

The shelving has been in its box for the last six months so it’s good to get it off the floor and bolted to the frame, it’ll give the greenhouse a bit more stability in the strong winds and there’ll be lots of room to store all those essentials! The last of the trays can be taken out and the glass cleaned ready for this year’s tomatoes and cucumbers, a trowelful of the casts from the wormery will go in the bottom of all the pots. Cold driving ran all day, two wet donkeys mooched about near their stable and the sheep stayed in their shelter, a promise of sunshine tomorrow.

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Donkeys

William and Toby are still less than impressed with their wheat straw, they’ve been chewing at the big silver birch log and are still nibbling the rails and kickboards in the stable. My sister advised steaming the straw in a dustbin with a kettle of boiling water, and that has certainly helped. So today I bought two bales of golden barley straw and tonight they appear to be a little more enthusiastic about rummaging around in the feeder. A very cold day with persistent fog, the sun tried to break through but didn’t make it. The sheep had their usual portion of hay and an apple.

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