Saturday, 5 July 2008

pastures new or cows moooved

After tightening the top row of barb wire on the fence where the cows jumped over last time they were in this field, I moved the cows into the field to let the grass grow back in the other field. There must be a rain jinx on the Quail oak cap - last time I wore it when Bob and I went for a walk down to the river, we were caught in a downpour, this time I wore it when I was fixing the fence today, the rain came on and I was again soaked, but carried on working on the fence.. The good news is the calves look happy enough in their new field, and when the one with the tag half pulled through its ear (702492), was eating its cattle feed, I managed to catch hold of the tag and pull it back through its ear.

After the calves were mooved, I made a start on clearing the muck out of the shed. Made good progress with this, except that I had to use the tractor in the rain without a windshield wiper or washer! James the cat won't be pleased. He used to sleep all day on a dry bit of straw on top of the muck and that has been been removed.

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