Freya has had a busy June! First she spent the day at Gort Jordan School meeting everyone before she starts in September. Then Freya and I had a trip to the UK, including a visit to Chester Zoo for her 5th birthday and attending my cousin Rob's wedding. Finally she had her graduation ceremony at preschool, complete with scroll, cap and gown. Meanwhile Brian has been putting the tractor back together and it now looks like a tractor again! Its not quite running yet, but he is more than halfway there. |
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Field maintenance has been taking up quite a bit of time recently, in particular Brian has sprayed large area's of thistles. It would have been very helpful to have been able to harrow the fields that were used over winter, so we decided it was time to take another look at the tractor. The aim is to get it to a functional state so we can use it, so Brian has been cleaning it up so we can see what we actually have. We already knew the brakes didn't work at all, so he's also taken them apart and identified the seized component responsible - we're just waiting for the new shoes etc to arrive. The list of new parts required is ever-increasing, so it will definitely be a phased refurbishment. We had suspected one of our chickens of developing an egg eating habit, but they have now been absolved and the culprit identified as a magpie. Also a lot of the local jackdaws have got wise to the chicken feed and have been nicking any leftovers. Finally, we needed to separate them more effectively from the ponies who have also been a bit too interested in their feed (particularly Sully who finds chicken feed delicious). So they have now been moved into a completely enclosed dog run. Hopefully this will keep the thieves out! Brian has constructed a nifty little tunnel so they can be given access to the main enclosure whenever we want. |
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