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The end of November is upon us and preparations for Christmas are well underway. The past month has been primarily involved with improving the daily routine after the housing of the cattle at the beginning of the month. |
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It has been one of the busiest Autumns that I can remember. With all the harvest squashed up to the end of August on account of the very wet weather earlier, September has found us :- still baling silage, collecting bales, preparing for and planting grass seeds, dung spreading, subsoiling, and all dealing with the extra work that the current movement restrictions have placed upon us. It has been a time of long days, short nights and many a frustrating machinery breakdown. |
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As I write
this, it is the middle of August and our cows are enjoying the long summer days
at grass. The calves are growing well and the grass is beginning to respond to
the heavier morning dews that this month brings. Our thoughts are now turned to collecting in
the silage bales and hay which we made earlier in the summer. We are also cleaning out the buildings and
making minor improvements to accommodation in preparation for housing the cattle
towards October, or when inclement conditions dictate. |
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