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Autumn Newsletter

Find out what's been happening at Shallow Grange...

Did summer start? Either way, it now seems to have finished. That said, we've snatched some gorgeous bright sunny days over the last few weeks at Shallow Grange - so if you're in our neck of the woods and the sun does shine, don't hesitate to pop over and pitch up!

The damp, warm weather does mean that the grass has been growing. In fact, we've got more than enough now, which is ironic, after that very slow start in the Spring when we were having to buy in the increasingly expensive feed for the flock. We are still suffering the consequences of that with the number of ewes who had mastitis. But, overall, the flock is doing well & we are now carefully watching sheep prices.
Our two tearaway lambs, Lucy & Clyde, who seem to have learnt their skills from Houdini, have now been issued with an Asbo each. After the last raid on the garden plants & herbs, they have now been incarcerated behind electric fencing in a back field. (Yet on one occasion, Clyde still managed to escape!)

We have a family of stoats living in the front garden. They seem to have made their home in the ground under the dining room window & have given us several dramatic "David Attenborough" moments with rabbit chases & battles with the crows. We were also excited to see a buzzard & its fledglings in Back Dale. As ever, the farm is full of life.

We are very pleased to report that the new lambing shed is complete (at long last). The "girls" will be the most spoilt ewes in Derbyshire with the standard of their maternity accommodation!  With that big job out of the way, we can now turn our minds to some of our green projects, like the capture of grey water & replacing heating systems. Never a dull moment!

 

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