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