{"id":100,"date":"2008-11-30T18:20:19","date_gmt":"2008-11-30T18:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tyddynadda.co.uk\/diary\/?p=100"},"modified":"2013-03-13T09:03:28","modified_gmt":"2013-03-13T09:03:28","slug":"november-08","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tyddynadda.co.uk\/diary\/2008\/november-08\/","title":{"rendered":"November '08"},"content":{"rendered":"

The law of averages suggests that sooner or later we’ll have a break from the wet weather that started in July. It hasn’t happened yet!<\/p>\n

A helpful neighbouring organic farmer engaged a contractor to clear one field of silage bales; he bought about 30 of them. This was our quota to sell, as organic standards set a limit on the proportion of conserved forage, and hence fertility, which can be exported from the farm.<\/p>\n

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Cows at Ty'n Coed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Feeding the cows<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We took Gwen and the 3 young calves – Lili, Lois and Ogwen – down to the bottom field at Ty’n Coed. There they can find shelter and graze down some of the overgrown vegetation. We visit them every day and take them half a bale of home-grown hay.<\/p>\n

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This move coincided with the arrival of Luke at Tyddyn Adda. He is a huge Welsh Black bull who is having a third winter vacation here with the cows.<\/p>\n

The other event of the month was foot-trimming for cattle. It’s an occasional, but necessary ordeal for the cows. This time the job was made so much easier by a wonderful crate that rolled them onto their sides so that their feet were presented at easy-to-clip height.<\/p>\n

Our small flock of sheep has bonded well with Bingo, the new ram. We brought them in to trim their feet, and gave them a change of field, but otherwise this has been a quiet month for them.<\/p>\n

So things are all ship-shape for December!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The law of averages suggests that sooner or later we’ll have a break from the wet weather that started in July. It hasn’t happened yet! A helpful neighbouring organic farmer engaged a contractor to clear one field of silage bales; he bought about 30 of them. This was our quota to sell, as organic standards … <\/p>\n

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