Tag: rewilding
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December 2024
It is hard to believe it’s only a year ago we took our first animals to the slaughter and I wrote about the pride and pleasure (as a former vegetarian) of producing good meat. So much has happened in our lives and on the croft since then. The sheepskins we so carefully salted and trimmed…
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October 2024
The two bursts of good weather last month have been accompanied by bursts of activity at Rhemore making hay for the cows. This was particularly hard this year. The good weather fell on periods we both had other commitments . The first burst was so short we had to bring the hay back out again…
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September 2024
It’s nearly the end of August and we may have to abandon hay-making this year as we’ve not had three consecutive dry days since June. On the upside, the polycrub is producing enough vegetables for all of our meals and more and I’m now having fantasies of getting a second one as it is so…
Rhemore Wildcroft 