Plastic recycling

During the winter months, we feed all the silage bales we have made during the summer. The plastic that comes off gets hung over a gate to dry then rolled up tightly and put in our store area. Tonight we have been packing Solway Recycling bags with the various streams of plastics for a collection at Cockermouth tomorrow. Black, white and all other plastic feed bags comprise one stream of plastic. Woven plastic (e.g. the outer part of fertiliser bags) is a second stream. Buckets and plastic cartons - well-rinsed out - are another separate stream and string and net is the fourth type. This plastic is all recycled to form useful items like portable lambing pens and cattle feedrings.

New cows

We went to look at some more Salers at Carlisle at the weekend. All being well with vet checks, we have bought two in-calf cows, and may possibly have found a bull to hire for this summer.

Yet another waiting game.

We are now waiting for our cows to calve. We have three pure-bred Salers, beautiful deep red coloured cows, but extremely big, and one little black Angus/Friesian cross. We check them twice a day, as although calving problems are not as common as lambing problems, it is important to ensure the calf has suckled and so received the vital influx of colostrum