So we’ve ended up with another pony! This is Almond our 6 year old miniature Shetland. He’s had a bit of a bad life but he’s safe and settled here 😊
Show day for Apache
We made a last minute decision to take Apache to a show today, quick bath then off to Thompson House 🙂
Early morning feeding..
Lovely morning, hopefully we’ll have a few more winter days like this 😊
An easy hack…
Took the ponies out today for a quiet walk on the lanes 😊
Rounding up the cows!
Another trip to cousin Emmie’s to check on the cattle 🐄
Walking the goats to the pub
A normal Saturday morning, walking the goats to the pub!
Another pony joins the herd!
Our friend Isabelle is now stabled with us, her horse Ibbie is a Dutch warmblood, 15.2 and 11 years of age, she looks stunning!
Sheep are here!
We’ve just homed 8 Herdwicks! There’s 7 ewes and 1 tup, so hopefully we’ll be lambing in spring 😊
Late summer at the gallops
We took Paris and Apache to the gallops today, first time Apache has been!
Harvest time!
Harvest time… we have got a rather large volume of apples, plums, pears and berries so it’s been a day of filling boxes, pulping and then using a traditional press to juice extract. Today’s science experiment is simple … what happens when to add yeast to 50 litres of apple juice and leave it to…