Rain stopped play

Sheep

The sheep might be regretting the loss of their fleece as it has been cold and damp. However, they don't seem to be distressed and have spent their day in the big field eating and ruminating.

Poultry

Eggs Today :6

The hens have looked bedraggled all day. The girl with the prolapse seems better with no scouring and a less of a prolapse.

Bees

A quiet day for the bees, we will need to check sooner (if this rain persists) if they need further feeding.

Weather

A pleasant start to the day, warm and dry with a light breeze and cloudy skies. Unfortunately this was a false start and by mid-morning the skies were grey and there was constant drizzle. This grey, wet theme continued for the rest of the day

This was perhaps the wrong setting to receive the letter saying our Solar Panels were now set up to receive the Feed-In-Tariff. When opening the letter we were generating only 368 watts under the weak and insipid sky. (However, since they have been installed we have generated a total of  1134kWh in about three months)

There was a temporary break in the rain, not exactly stopped but no longer annoying, when we were able to get the birch tree further logged. It has contributed well to the winter's fuel

Vegetables

The cold drink make from sticky willy tasted exactly as one might have imagined water infused with weed extract might taste. It tasted slightly of pea (The legume, that is).
It is no surprise there is no large scale commercial enterprise using this recipe.

Hedgerows

The main flowers in the hedgerows just now are wild honeysuckle, foxgloves and dog roses of various colours.