7.31.19
It is just plain beautiful today. Warm, sunny, crystal clear blue skies and little white lambs bouncing round the paddocks. We had another one born today which makes a total of 13. The orphan lamb is now in a pen next to the young does in the shed, but I have a little ewe lamb in the house. Her mother, the big grey ewe had triplets and I was not brave enough to leave them all with her, so I took the smallest indoors before night fell. It seemed a bit much to expect her mum to protect all 3 from foxes.
I am meant to be cleaning up in the house today because we have a school group coming tomorrow but I could not resist doing a bit of gardening as well. Edd is teaching at the High school on Wednesdays this term so I have had the day to myself. The lambs need 4 bottle feeds a day, so I have kept pretty busy. Now the season is changing we start all the tours and camps again. This is usually the coldest time of year, but the weather Gods do not seem to know it.
The wattle trees are now in flower and the big tree in the chook pen was covered in yellow flowers and bees. The Lucerne trees are just about to burst bud too. I have trimmed the tree by the small donga and Edd is putting up a fence so it can be reached without going through the chook pen. I have started to clean it out. Everyone has been using it for storage and most of the stuff in there needs taking to the op shop, tip or other storage areas. Once it is empty, I can clean up and make good again. We will need it for guests to stay in when the Permaculture group come in August, so I need to get a move on!
My winter knitting
My winter knitting