I know that this blog is sheep, sheep and more sheep, but I just couldn’t resist this view from our garden yesterday evening. Up until now, I’ve always wondered why I never get anything done when the sheep are grazing next to the house. But after a bit of soul-searching, I think it’s probably due to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Farming’
As seen from the garden
Posted in a glimpse of France.., Counting Sheep, Farming, tagged Farming, mountains, pastures, sheep on 1 August, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Playing tag
Posted in Farming, lamb and lambing, Wild Things, tagged border collie, Farming, France, French Alps, lamb, lambing, sheepdog on 26 February, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I made it up to the sheep barn today just in time to see the last lamb of the morning being tagged. French bureaucrats make one hell of a meal (no pun intended) out of lamb traceability and every year the requirements become more stringent. Tagging the lambs means a good dose of disinfectant, state of the art [...]
Hitting the bottle
Posted in Farming, lamb and lambing, Uncategorized, Wild Things, tagged Alps, Dogs, Farming, France, lamb, lambing, sheep on 24 February, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I abandoned my dearly beloved for a week to visit my sister, but it was business as usual in the sheep barn. Lambs were born and bottle fed when necessary.. ..and any leftovers always went to the most hardworking mutt. As usual. Wait a minute. Since when did hanging out with the lambs mean preferential [...]
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