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Today has been a good day. I'm way beyond even my stretch goals for the day. All my parks are now secure from one another and from commons, all my gates open and close easily, all but one of them with working latches.

And I have an unexpected new arrival.

I'm tired, but I'm pleased.

New calf isn't tagged, and I'm not going to do that tonight even though it will be much harder to catch her tomorrow; but sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

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Simon Brooke 2d ago

Well, this is unexpected! Gorgon has produced the first calf of the year. She's healthy, and Gorgon is a good, experienced mother, so I'm not at all anxious about it, but I wasn't expecting calves until May.

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Simon Brooke 2d ago

Three gates on hinges and stock proof. One wooden gate loaded up to be relocated. This feels like a useful afternoon's work.

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Simon Brooke 2d ago

Well, that's another gate hung. It has to be said Icarus isn't impressed. #Crofting #TheJoyOfCrofting

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Simon Brooke 5d ago

Bringing new gates and fence posts over the hill. Nothing in the least dodgy about this load, no sirree. Hopefully this means I can get all my parks stock proof and the bulls separated from the cows (and ideally sold) before the cows calve.

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In March we start our harvesting.
We dig ourselves down out of sight
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Simon Brooke Feb 9

Well, this afternoon I have found and fixed the earth leak problem on my electric fences; and in the process, of course, I've given myself a full 9.8KV shock. It doesn't injure, but jings! It hurts!

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