I’ve often thought I ought to write a diary and what better place to start than the Parish Magazine – but I’ve missed January already! Never mind, it’s always a quiet month in any case.
February for me is a less physical month, but a big month for planning for our major event of the year – lambing. The ewes all came in a few weeks ago, as we lamb indoors and I like them to get used to the new regime well in advance of lambing starting. The rams went in on September 29th so D Day is 23rd February. Sheep are pretty good and lamb almost to the day – 147 days to be precise. So this week I am checking all my lambing gear to make sure I am ready for any eventuality.
On the whole the Black Welsh Mountain ewes are great mums and cause me few problems. The Jacobs are reasonable, but can be a little more problematic. So with less than a week to go I am looking forward to forgetting all the housework and other jobs so that I can concentrate 100% on the best part of the lambing year, when you hope and pray that all the hard work of the previous months rewards you with a crop of fabulous lambs. Fingers crossed.
Janet East
