First off, we have noticed over the past few weeks, how many hundreds of caterpillars they are - most of them seem to be eating our brassicas (Cabbage Whites of course!) The 'Peacock' caterpillars have been feasting on the stinging nettles in the field - i'm glad someone likes them...we've had 'Painted Ladies', Tortoiseshell, Brimstone, and lots of Common Meadow Butterflies too.
 |
| Peacock Butterly Caterpillars eating stinging nettles! |
 |
| Danny's friend 'Storm' chewing his belt! |
Last week, we had a disaster with the contractor who was combining the corn - see photo! The combine was only a week old...!!
 |
| The remains of the combine - it caught fire from dust in the engine - due to the corn being SO dry this year...the wheels exploded - scary! |
Hen's and ducks are well, and the weaners are nearly ready to send off - we are taking two next Monday..and are deciding whether to breed from the Gilt..We are weaning the lambs tomorrow, and bringing them back up to the farm, to weigh them. We have been approached by a farmer from Evesham; happy to lend us a ram for our 12 Ewes, so we will go over to check him out before finalising anything.
We had a terrible 'incubation' again, with only 2 chicks arriving - we must be doing something wrong...! Let's hope they are both hens not cockerels! The Quail are thriving - all three of them, and will go out to the hen run shortly, in their own ark.
Term starts on Thursday, so will be 'blogging' again shortly!
Thank you for your articles that you have shared with us. Hopefully you can give the article a good benefit to us. Portable Toilets Cheltenham
ReplyDelete