The weather has become gradually more pleasant. Days are warm, nights still cold, but the wind often loses that nasty edge. If we can stay with this I will be happy...
Robyn let me put the cattle into her dam paddock, which is just through the gate at the far end of the main paddock. They've about eaten that out now. Jason will be taking the four weaners on Saturday, and I have some small square bales left that I can stretch out until Tuesday. That's when the withhold period for the fertiliser that I put on the pastures expires and I can start feeding that.
I will keep the hay paddock locked up, and also lock up as many of the other small paddocks as I can. Hopefully they will grow back before I feed off too much of the main paddock, as the more hay I can put up the better I will feel about this coming winter.
On the job front I have active applications in with Muirs and May Shaw and I am about to drop off a resume and cover letter to BWS. I called the council and asked for a quick feedback chat but they have been dodging me. On a whim I called Cyberlutions to do the same and ended up with the managing director and he said he'd send a note to their HR bod. I think I will also contact the post office and ask for some feedback there.
Pickle is eating and looking cheerful and snarfs up calf muesli with great gusto, but her face is still weeping pus and blood and smells bad. I think it must be a cancer and I have arranged with the shearer to put her to sleep in November. I will miss her, it's always the sweet ones. My common sense bone tells me to do Toot at the same time, who is having trouble with his shoulders and getting very bow legged, but my soft side is putting that off as he is still quite cheerful.
We had a lovely drinks and nibbles with Pete, Juliet and Shane on Sunday. Pete's headed back to Sydney for another operation to repair the damage the last one did. Hopefully that will go well and he can come back here to recover.
Robyn and I attended a Legendairy Ladies lunch at House Paddock today. The presentation was about nutrition (for cows) and how to balance fiber and energy and protein for different stages of a cow's year. It was very interesting. Lunch is supplied and the lady next to me had eggs benedict on sourdough with bacon. That looked amazing so I might drag Geoff down there for breakfast one day.
I found this interesting gate online when looking for pictures of stiles. I think I would like to work one into my cattle yards. Getting in and out quickly can be an exercise because I am a bit shorter than the average farming bloke that the yards are designed for.
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