I took two dozen eggs to an egg customer and got $10 and a bottle of port in exchange. If the port is any good it will be nice to have some, I haven't bought any for ages and there's nothing like spaghetti bol made with port instead of red wine.
I topped up the calves' muesli, it seems to be at nibbling stage. Annie was keen to get in and eat it all up (very yummy !) but she is still stymied by the creep. She is annoyed at being separated from the rest of the herd, but I need to have her close to the dairy without opening and closing gates and having to go and get her, and the same with the calves for feeding. So she can socialise over the fence and get over it in return for a good feed every day.
I checked back ends and udders for all the girls, Beanie isn't doing anything and heifers start building an udder a way out so she's got plenty of time. Jaffa is slowly building an udder and is a bit poofy, maybe a few weeks there. Sorcha is looking like the calf could fall out and her udder is getting well defined, less than two weeks I think. See how the predictions go.
Finn didn't want any milk again, nor any breakfast. He did eat last night's dinner about lunchtime, so he's eating but not hungry like usual. I guess when all the pork bones are gnawed off he'll return to schedule.
I brushed Poppy again, a few dry days in a row and we're making real progress. I have extended the clean patches on her sides to meet up over her back, where the nasty matted stuff is. This means that I can start nibbling the mats around the edge and I think four or five more sessions will get her done with everything I can reach without a second pair of hands. She's weird about her tail and will need clipping there and under her collar and ears, but the risk of getting a hot spot or fly blown under those back mats will be gone.
I checked the tag on my dwarf mulberry and the expected height is 2 - 4 metres. I think I will find the biggest affordable pot at Bunnings and put it on the apron in front of the craft room. It will let the sun in in winter and leafy shade in summer. And hopefully berries, which I might have to fight the birds for.
I'd like to plant a full sized mulberry as a paddock tree, they are great shade trees and grow quickly. I have been surprised how many people haven't ever tried a mulberry !
Mum is back online after computer troubles, "HI MUM !" I hope you catch up here soon :-)
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