It was a fairly changeable day weatherwise, but the calves enjoyed their second day of relative freedom. They stuck fairly close to their adult companions, but put themselves to bed in their shelter when the temperature started to drop in the afternoon.
I found homes for two more calves for Robyn, with two more enquiries hopefully to pan out. Ox Boy wandered again this morning but was easier to put back in with the girls, Robyn managed that without the bucket of snack. He goes on the truck tomorrow, I hope it's a simple load for all concerned.
The sheep are in the loafing shed for the night, ready for the shearer to come and crutch and do feet tomorrow. Their time in the main paddock seems to have improved their feet. Or the reduction in rainy days has. Either way, there's fewer limpy legs.
I checked on the radishes and some have come up, so I planted the next tranche. The potatoes and artichokes in the raised beds are not yet shooting, I suspect the cold nights nipped the potato shoots and they may have to try again.
The skip goes tomorrow, so I put the last of the rubbish and bale wrap and hay net in and put the lid down in case it rains tonight. It's a relief to get rid of the piles that had accumulated, some generated in the last year and some ratted out of various sheds in the domino clean.
Today was the first day since last autumn that I have been able to get a load of washing dry on the line on the same day it went out. Should that be the new yard-stick for spring ?
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