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This week



As summer turns into autumn mornings and evenings are turning a little cooler here, early morning mists cover the Valley below.


Blackberry bushes are laden with fruit , turning in colour and getting ready for picking already a few crumbles have been made. Now plenty of eggs are being laid the ice cream maker has been churning away. Mint, vanilla, sabayon flavours go down well, I am the only one who liked lavender.


Wednesday evening saw the last night market for the summer in the village. Trestle tables were placed along a side road with regional dishes available to buy along with bottles of wine and entertainment . The first and last market of the season is held here with the thinking it will not be as busy, the committee may have to rethink next year as it was buzzing.


 Farmer J managed to ear tag the new female calf, just as well as she's getting pretty lively now.


Born Thursday evening as I was cooking a meal for our gite guests and farmer J was serving as well as being midwife in between courses the piglets ventured outside today. Now they are becoming more active time will be wasted watching their piggie antics. So cute, Sandy seems to be a good mum, a little clumsy with them and protective. It's going to  be fun seperating the boys next week when they will need to be castrated.

Franklin is now resigned to the fact of having to have an injection each evening. Back to the vets on Tuesday to be monitored for the day.The chickens got a reprieve after the little abattoir they go to couldn't fit them in, booked in for this Monday. They are eating so much food now it is time for them to go otherwise we won`t make any money out of them.

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