Dorset lifestyle
The last of the apples went to the sheep, there are patches of long grass in the paddock they’re not keen on eating, mainly in the corners. Another frosty night with early morning fog, hope the apple and plum blossom survived. Planted a few tomatoes in the greenhouse, covered the oak woodpile with tarpaulin which will have to stay there for at least a year, dismantled the sheep hay feeder, there should be enough grass in the paddocks to last until autumn. A breezy day with sunshine and showers.
An addition to the original sheep shelter the hay feeders are attached to a hurdle and protected from the rain with perspex sheeting and a sheet of onduline roofing. A little confusing for the sheep who tried to eat the hay from the wrong side of the clear perspex sheet. A quantity of bailer twine was used to make sure the sheets didn’t blow away in the wind. Emptied a couple of layers of worm casts into a compost tray, over the next couple of weeks the worms will congregate in a lump in a corner and be returned to the wormery, the casts will be used in the bottom of the tomato pots. A windy but mizzly drizzly day.
