From Eva
Everyday starts with a scything session. Rain permitting of course. For a month I only scythed thistles. These are mostly all gone now. Now it's the rushes that are getting the chop. Why do I do this? I suppose I'm improving the land for the grazing of the sheep and cattle. I do love scything. I get called the grim reaper from time to time. It is really a lovely movement though and it stops the thistles and rushes from making a bog out of the place, allows the young grass to grow and keeps the grass sweet. Scything weeds is not quite as romantic as doing hay, maybe that will come later. At the moment we have no fences at all so all the animals just get everywhere and eat everything. The lambs are going to market about 20 per week, so the numbers are decreasing from 120 all told a week ago. There are six very large cows and their calves and a magnificent bull. Takes a bit of getting used to. But I love watching how they all move around the Ballygowrie, their relationships to each other and to us. For some realy good scything see: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugSO54WKm8
Everyday starts with a scything session. Rain permitting of course. For a month I only scythed thistles. These are mostly all gone now. Now it's the rushes that are getting the chop. Why do I do this? I suppose I'm improving the land for the grazing of the sheep and cattle. I do love scything. I get called the grim reaper from time to time. It is really a lovely movement though and it stops the thistles and rushes from making a bog out of the place, allows the young grass to grow and keeps the grass sweet. Scything weeds is not quite as romantic as doing hay, maybe that will come later. At the moment we have no fences at all so all the animals just get everywhere and eat everything. The lambs are going to market about 20 per week, so the numbers are decreasing from 120 all told a week ago. There are six very large cows and their calves and a magnificent bull. Takes a bit of getting used to. But I love watching how they all move around the Ballygowrie, their relationships to each other and to us. For some realy good scything see: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugSO54WKm8
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