Castell Diary
05/05/2010 at 21.35
Mis Mai - The Month of May
After one of the longest winter that anyone can remember its still quite cold, and the grass is very scarce.
We have started to turn the cattle out, as they are calving, although most are still in the sheds. We have been lucky to have plenty of silage, so keeping them in is no problem.
The general election is near I wonder if farming will be any different if we have a change of government, hardly likely!. Still have forms to fill and regulations to work with.
Haltering the heifers going to the Llandovery sale, they need a lot of work to get them tidy for the day, a little wash is also needed. A wash and brush up changes them a lot. Its funny how its usually the most stubborn at the start will be the quietest towards sale day, well so far they are all quite stubborn so more work to be done.
The boys are busy with the field work, getting the silage fields sorted with the chainharrowing and rolling, we have ploughed and sown a whole crop of peas and oats undersown with red clover grass seeds, we bring this is with the second cut silage, its a good feed for the cattle.
Veg patch planted, potatoes are out and so are the broad beans, leeks, carrots and beetroot, usually I start the runner beans in the greenhouse but this year i have planted them straight out in the garden but not one has peeped out yet.
Ewes have all lambed and gone out but just at the end we managed to get 4 pet lambs, these are Dafydd's pets, one can tell how much he enjoys looking after them!!
We have started cutting firewood ready for next winter, as we have 4 woodburners between us we need quite a lot, but it saves on the oil, when the stoves are lit we dont need any extra heating, even in very cold winters, like this last one. The boys use a log splitter ( supplied by a kind neighbour, in return for some firewood) which makes the job much easier. As we have a good supply of timber on the farm, it makes sense to use it this way.
We have started to turn the cattle out, as they are calving, although most are still in the sheds. We have been lucky to have plenty of silage, so keeping them in is no problem.
The general election is near I wonder if farming will be any different if we have a change of government, hardly likely!. Still have forms to fill and regulations to work with.
Haltering the heifers going to the Llandovery sale, they need a lot of work to get them tidy for the day, a little wash is also needed. A wash and brush up changes them a lot. Its funny how its usually the most stubborn at the start will be the quietest towards sale day, well so far they are all quite stubborn so more work to be done.
The boys are busy with the field work, getting the silage fields sorted with the chainharrowing and rolling, we have ploughed and sown a whole crop of peas and oats undersown with red clover grass seeds, we bring this is with the second cut silage, its a good feed for the cattle.
Veg patch planted, potatoes are out and so are the broad beans, leeks, carrots and beetroot, usually I start the runner beans in the greenhouse but this year i have planted them straight out in the garden but not one has peeped out yet.
Ewes have all lambed and gone out but just at the end we managed to get 4 pet lambs, these are Dafydd's pets, one can tell how much he enjoys looking after them!!
We have started cutting firewood ready for next winter, as we have 4 woodburners between us we need quite a lot, but it saves on the oil, when the stoves are lit we dont need any extra heating, even in very cold winters, like this last one. The boys use a log splitter ( supplied by a kind neighbour, in return for some firewood) which makes the job much easier. As we have a good supply of timber on the farm, it makes sense to use it this way.
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