Hi folks,
Most of the time I look like an old goat. Today I smell like one. Andrew had to trim the billy goats horn since it was curling around pressing into his head. The procedure is Andrew tips him onto the ground and I hold him down while Andrew uses a wire saw to cut bits off. The first couple of cuts near the end were OK being just little nibbles to clean the space. A bigger cut followed and that was good too. The last cut however spurred the goat into action with the strength of 20 goats or maybe he just caught me by surprise. I hung on for a brief period when he sprang to his feet but decided to let go. Andrew put him back down on the ground and finished the cut with me holding on tightly. He was then shuttered in a pen just in case he got grumpy(the goat not Andrew) That's how I come to be covered in eau de goat, goat hair and dust from dirt in the pen.
The rest of the day we spent working on the planting mounds that contain the fruit trees, hacking out weeds, trimming the edges and mowing in between and carting in more chip mulch and spreading it. We also planted 6 new trees. This was all done under periods of light rain. At least being cloudy meant pleasant working conditions. We both did a fairly physical days work with more tomorrow. I shall take some pictures to show the tidy up. I used the Husqvarna brush cutter today. What a lovely piece of equipment, very smooth and easy to start.
That's the day. We have had steady light rain this evening but that has now stopped.
Night folks
Simon
No comments:
Post a Comment