I start my blog at such a sad time. Having moved from Surrey 5 years ago and having been saved from Foot and Mouth there in 2001, I can't believe that I leave my friends there to face such an awful time. Our hearts go out to all those who are sufferring and waiting in Surrey and we, along with all the farming community, are hoping that this goes as quickly as it came. What a summer! First the floods and then this...
We have had a bad week all in all. We cut hay last week and then just as we were about to finish rowing up (putting the hay into lines ready to bale - for those non farming friends) on Friday, the heavens opened and it has rained on and off every day since. This afternoon the rain has just stopped and I am writing this in the conservatory with the sun hitting my back, a sauna springs to mind!
The goats are out sunning themselves in the fields even my Monty (I wrote a children's story about Monty). Monty is the castrated male that the children talked me into keeping and the one that is always getting himself into trouble, bless him! He knows his name and he loves a cuddle and before I am asked, no, he doesn't smell!!!! It is only the entire males that smell and then only about now when they spray themselves to attract the females. So it is us women who love our men with a nice fragance that cause the problem! By March the smell will subside and we are back to normal for a few months.
We have many different characters amongst the goats and I will try and introduce you to them during my blogs. But for now I sign off to meet our architect to view our Food Processing Site that we are building here on the farm.
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