Dorset lifestyle
The grass in the other paddocks needed a rest so the sheep spent the day in the Square, which hasn’t been grazed for a few months, fenced off the Hazel and Willow so they didn’t get eaten. The sheep all had a good run around on the return journey back to the Small Paddock for the night. There’s enough grass in Willow for the donkeys so they spent the day grazing the hedgerow. Laid a few more mud mats. A sunny, cloudy, cool day with light winds.
William inspecting the first two rows of mud mats, they both came up from the paddock when they saw the activity in the gateway and then went back down again. At the end of the day they walked across the mats having first grazed the avenue edges. A warm day with the occasional shower
Rolling in across the vale, the mixture of sunshine and showers makes the grass grow and saves watering the hedge and the vegetables. Unusual in August, the gateway into the avenue used by the donkeys several times a day has turned into a mud bath, so an area of some 20 square meters will have to be covered in mud mats. The slope doesn’t help so there’s now a plank of wood across the strainers to keep the straw contained and level the ground slightly, the donkeys watched what was going on for a while and then stepped up and down ok. A cool start to a warm showery day.
