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Sunset

A glorious sunny day, very warm in a sheltered spot, even contemplated putting on shorts for a moment or two. Finished clearing the greenhouse floor and washed the glass. All the tools have a place in the shed, emptied the bottom two trays of the wormery ready for use in the bottom of the tomato pots, will have to take out a few worms first, they’ll clump together in a corner in a week or two and can be taken out as a wriggling ball and put back in the wormery. Late lunch at The Crown in Marnhull before laying a few more mudstones and watching a lovely sunset.

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Donkey Worms

Two bags of poo ready to be double bagged, packed in a leakproof container and posted to the Donkey Sanctuary for a worm count. William and Toby look healthy and generally have a low worm burden but a test is recommended every six months, some donkeys are ‘high shedders’ so 20% of them carry 80% of the worm burden. Our vet will let us know the results and recommend treatment in a week or two. Worming mixtures lose their effectiveness if used too often so we need to be cautious. A misty start to the day with only the tree tops visible in the valley, the sun was warm when it broke through with light rain at dusk. More watering, rain is forecast for tomorrow.

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Toby

The bicycle tyre was a welcome birthday present, he wasn’t sure whether to play with it or not so I picked a few sprigs of mint and put them inside to encourage him. He found them ok, and once eaten he stepped over the tyre and moved on to drinking his water and rolling over in the avenue. Maybe he’ll come back to it, the tyre is hanging on the post with his collar. The sheep have worms, very evident from the poo in the field so a sample has gone to the vet. Pasture management is a challenge, ideally the various paddocks would be left fallow for two years to make sure the worms don’t re-infest livestock. Not an option for us so a worming programme is necessary. A hot sunny day, more watering.

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Hedgehog

Really pleased to know there are hedgehogs in the garden, not sure why this one was out in daylight. She (?) seemed fit and healthy and proved that by escaping from the cardboard box that was meant to contain her while cat food and water was brought out. She appeared again later and sniffed at the cat food, didn’t eat any and scampered off into the undergrowth. May have young somewhere or was out looking for nesting materials. Probably more than enough slugs, snails and worms around for her to eat. The hay bales in the field were taken away today, a fresh breeze so feeling cooler.