Now the stream that runs on the west edge of the field is definitely on "my" side of the boundary and as the riding stables have just put up their own fencing, I feel that I am now in the position to properly reclaim it.
Following the floods of the spring and early summer, the whole ditch has been filled with mud and silt and has always been shrouded by undergrowth and nettles. The ducks have done a sterling job opening up the bank side and I think I now owe them a bit of hard graft to give them a small but clean running pool, in which they and even Halleh can utilize.
If the weather holds up tomorrow I will start to clear the bank, but I need to get stuck in with properly repairing the pig fencing too, especially as Steve has somehow spirited up a half dozen robust fence posts,which he has kindly left by the pigs' gate.
With a small freashwater pool.......I can then think of getting a couple of geese!
tee hee
The words "Rebecca", "Sunnybrook" and "Farm" come inexplicably to mind...
ReplyDelete[Deep sigh]
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......you want to BE me.......
ReplyDeleteso much........................
whats with the new blog????
Oh, and talking of water fowl:
ReplyDeleteWatch the lovely birds
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>whats with the new blog???
ReplyDeleteOh, I am enjoying this!
As you might say, "tee hee"
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t*at!!!!
ReplyDeletearrhhhhhhhH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteOh that's just going to be perfect for geese when you've finished it!
ReplyDelete"Ahem!!" Pardon the interruption, but more animals? For real? I just got rid of a few, and I am hoping to finish off the white hens this weekend. They are getting on with age, not laying very much at all, and eating a whole lot.
ReplyDeletegood guard dogs...geese!!!!!
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