Peasants garden

Peasants · **Posted:** Sun Aug 14, 2011 9:40 pm

No, pigs are not allowed here....are you thinking of bacon for breakfast!! :dont:

hehehe

Peasants · **Posted:** Tue Aug 16, 2011 10:03 pm

Twin lambs, just 12 hours old lambs!!! :thunbs:

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Mum and babes are doing well!

skipd · **Posted:** Tue Aug 16, 2011 11:15 pm

Congratulations, twins to, yay. :cheers:

Axl · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2011 8:31 am

Twins??? Are they identical?

;)

Peasants · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2011 9:13 am

Both girls -we think-haven't actually picked them up yet to check properly.

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They look like bookends to us!!! The one on the right is the second born so still hasn't quite 'fluffed' up yet.

gnash · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2011 4:11 pm

Good work guy's

earthbound · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2011 9:02 pm

Nice work... congratulations...

So are you going to build the flock or is it food production?

Peasants · **Posted:** Thu Aug 18, 2011 2:34 am

We do breed them for food, but we are also building up a small flock of Wiltipols like their dad (polled Wiltshires). Their mums have horns, and they do tangle in the fences now and then (though they are useful handles!!). Our last ewe lambs were polled so we kept them, and will do the same with these girls if they are also polled. Then our entire flock will be polled....less fence repairs!

haznoshadow · **Posted:** Thu Aug 18, 2011 7:48 pm

NiiiiiiiiiiiCEEE work guys my kids love the pictures and will follow their progress with much excitement :joy:

Faye · **Posted:** Fri Aug 19, 2011 9:37 pm

Great pics and love the you tube video too :thunbs:

Wish we could have a lamb somewhere :sad2:

seamonkey · **Posted:** Sat Aug 20, 2011 12:40 am

Faye, I have a sneaking suspicion that a lamb will make its way into your menagerie :wave:

Peasants · **Posted:** Sat Aug 27, 2011 10:39 pm

Today's pickings:
freshly picked veggies and trout for dinner....

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This was the first trout of the season, the biggest was 430 grams!

Here is a photo of the ram, now known as 'Toots' (short for 220, his tag number) starting to shed already...it looks pretty messy for a while, but the birds pick up the wool and use if for their nests. We are still waiting for the next ewe to lamb, and she won't be long by the look of her. The other lambs are doing well.

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Faye · **Posted:** Sat Aug 27, 2011 11:22 pm

seamonkey wrote:

Faye, I have a sneaking suspicion that a lamb will make its way into your menagerie :wave:

Your harvest and your sheep look absolutely gorgeous!

earthbound · **Posted:** Sun Aug 28, 2011 10:31 pm

We have the same unusually shaped radishes... Healthy looking feast, any idea how big the trout were?

Peasants · **Posted:** Mon Aug 29, 2011 12:16 am

Out of that five-all caught with one scoop of the net, the two biggest were 430 and 400 grams.....didn't weigh the smaller ones. We are quite happy with that! We pan fried one of the small ones each for dinner, along with the veggies (and oddly shaped radishes!!).

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