April / May / June Update
Mum and Dad visited again in late April. Dad mowed the 'tree' run down the middle of the paddocks and sprayed the blackberries around the dam and under the plum trees. Unfortunately, I can't find the photographs I'm sure I took of the mown tree run and the before and after photos of the blackberries around the dam. In early May the cows started getting through to the next door neighbours at the top of the hill. I went up there to investigate and sure enough the fence that I thought was okay was falling apart. I had no trouble getting Jemma and her calf to come through the adjoining gate and then I spent over an hour pulling up the hinge joint and attaching to the star pickets and putting in dropper wires to hold the whole thing together. And so another fence survives for a bit longer.
Although not farm news, in the middle of May I bought new bedroom furniture. I shuffled the house a bit and put my double bed into the guest room for Mum and Dad and put the futon into Steve's old bedroom. I now have a Federation style queen bed, side drawers, dresser and tallboy and I'm very pleased with myself.
In the middle of June Coco's coat was torn and half coming off. Because of this Bobby was attacking her because he saw her as a threat, either because she was stressed or the noise the coat was making dragging on the ground. Anyway, we got the sheep into the yards and put on a new coat. At the same time Russell helped me clip some sheep nails. Because Bobby wouldn't let up on Coco we had to separate the sheep into two groups in different paddocks to keep Bobby apart from Coco for a week until he settled down.
At the end of June when Mum and Dad were visiting again, Dad and Russell helped me mend the back western fence adjoining our neighbours. They had a steer all by himself enticing my cows over to play. Ten star pickets and loads of wire later we patched the fence enough to keep them home in the short term.
I have included a few photographs taken of the farm during April, May and June.