12:12

A beautiful sunny day, then rain which went in evening as buzzards called

08:50

A beautiful evening between down pours & cat Thyme on my shoulders

28:28

A shuffle of flocks to fresh pasture & I lost young alpaca BlackBird

11:54

I check growth of recently planted trees, feed horse chestnut to a ewe

05:53

Lambs have learned my call & one ram sold to a commercial flock.

17:12

Lack of rain we begin to feel regrowth pinch, lambs move to fresh field

18:53

Ram lambs and adult rams brought together in the garden paddock

21:41

A Sunday divided - separated ram lambs, picked figs & cooked lunch

06:46

Over a few days - several stampedes, one for tourists & my hay arrives

17:50

A stroll through Jimi Blake’s Hunting Brook Gardens.

19:56

Tree surgeons arrive to take down a roadside dead tree. I shuffle sheep

11:38

Lambs stampede into lush fresh paddock & I show you all trees planted

14:48

Small dogs sort out being stuck behind flock & new fence for baby trees

13:05

Most Lambs stampede but a few get lost amongst towering nettles

13:44

Lambs moved up to the beautiful orchard for fresh grass

11:12

Pup Java gets a long bath from cat Ovenmitt after he stands up to lambs

23:19

Lamb flock brought in to shear & I walk you around our dry garden

08:18

Wild flowers before dawn, dogs play and lambs expect food after sun down

11:32

Started shearing lambs as flystrike weather has begun

27:57

That time of year to collect foxglove seeds, last ewe shorn & rescued frog

15:56

Moving ewe flock, to move horses, so lamb can move to fresh pasture

08:19

A brilliant find, my great grandmother’s hand written knitting patterns

19:16

An evening stroll I check on sheep & tree plantations

15:46

A very busy day with nearly 40 farmers on a farming for nature farm walk

09:58

Moved rams & ewes today after lounging in a brief stint of sun

21:35

Lambs moved & I power hose muck out shed while dogs look miserable

19:01

Day 2 replay of tucking animals away for fencers & they came. Yippee

21:45

Horses & lambs yo-yo in & out of shed as I had expected fencers today

13:17

I give horses fresh grass daily, regenerate growth & prevents over grazing

15:10

Lambs turned out in long grass grazing & a wonderful gift put to good use

22:36

I planted for pollinators around Carl the oak tree & a colourful trough

10:43

I sit in their field, they come for head scratches & bonus dog kisses

13:18

Planting oxeyed daisies & feverfew in plantation with Carl the oak

15:42

A walk amongst the flocks, trees are in their full summer glory

11:52

Aspects of the garden are looking glorious & insect life is thriving

27:34

Lambs decided to give me the run around on moving day while ewes don’t

16:50

A very cold July night meant a low number of moths caught

15:16

Invisible rams, Ewe flock move to graze orchard lane & bold alpaca

06:36

A meander through part of the garden to see what’s thriving this year

18:26

I walk lambs field edged by woods & one of my favourite moths emerges

21:46

Ewes get fresh pasture & I mince moss to paste so it grows on cement

20:06

Check recently weaned ewes & lambs with cats & dogs

30:12

Weaning day & lambs behaved but a ewe got complicatedly stuck

16:27

Torrential rain clears, planting apple trees & stroll amongst the flock

10:18

Preparations & arrival for a farm walk tour. Pup Java & cat Magpie play

16:03

Cats, dogs, horses, lamb zoomies, various pollinators & important insects

21:18

Flock up to orchard, mended digger returns to work & an ink pot discovery

07:47

Checking flock & found a stray lamb who was glad to be returned to his Ma

10:28

I was excited about today’s job, which started well but ended badly

13:44

Open gates so shorn ewes have shelter for tonight’s cold wet storm

08:48

Competition for my lap as we await a tour, who watch flock change fields

14:23

A stroll through flock. Sadness of diseased trees & delight of pollinators

07:57

A beautiful morning. Pup Java plays with his buddy Magpie & pollinators

24:59

Flock moves fields, wild flowers blooming, Java cavorts with Ovenmitt

05:24

Ewes are already asking me to move fields as I walk past them

15:54

Chilly alpaca kept warm over night, some gardening & grazing long acre

06:02

Shearing day was busy. Lambs now confused as to whose their Ma

17:23

I went to Bloom garden festival as a kilkenny tourism volunteer

16:04

Horses gallop to fresh field. Several nature observations & a cross wren

08:55

Out of one field into another, fresh pasture is what they all love