There’s one thing about living on a farm. There is always something to do, either fixing up, setting up or clearing up. A four-letter word sums it all up – busy! Let me tell you about what happened here over a few days. The two flocks of sheep needed to be fed. It’s winter here and naturally-growing food is scarce in the paddocks (fields) so hand-feeding is the order of the day. We feed cut lucerne and sheep pellets/nuts at least twice a week. So, over the last few days I loaded the lucerne onto the truck with buckets of sheep nuts and headed out with two gates to open – and shut. Read more
Today I inspected the orchard. I have planted 7 new fruit trees to fill in between the established trees. Soon the new growth will be shooting as the weather gets warmer. I added a peach, an apricot, a quince, a fig, a nectarine and a mulberry. The seventh tree was a walnut which I planted in another spot outside the orchard. Some trees already established are several apples, pears and plums and nashis.