Does’nt look all that much does it…. But, when you wait 7 months for the summer timetable for our island ferry to return, bringing with it a once per fortnight day trip to Lerwick (4.5hrs there, 5hr stop, 4.5hrs return journey) meaning you can, or rather the hubby can, head for the co-op & pick up bags of mixed leaf salads, pots of fresh basil, coriander, watercress, tomato’s on the vine & deli sliced ham rather than the pre packed bernard M rubbish we get in the winter, this was the sarnie that was worth that 7month wait. Ohh boy did the tastebuds tingle.
Cow’s are out, Sunday am saw them gaining freedom from the byre with a mini stampede of high jinks & excitement, its great seeing them all outside enjoying the warm sunshine again & the wee bull, who’s just over a yr old now, was quick to get down to establishing just who is boss in the field now, we should see a huge difference in him over the summer, this will be the year he does most of his growing & maturing, i’m just keeping my fingers crossed he keeps his excellent temperament and manners, he’s certainly going to be a handsome begger when he’s filled out.
Been spending some (albeit it not a lot as it was to fantastic a day to be inside) time researching in the hope of bringing in a house cow this summer, trouble is we … I have my heart set on a Jersey, im very practically minded & am thinking about the quality of cream & cheese . The native Shetland cows do make good milkers, but the quality of the milk is a long way off from a Jersey when it comes to clotted cream, butter & cheese, I know there are one or two folks on Shetland who keep Jerseys, but finding them is proving the hard bit.
The first of the turkey eggs we moved into the hatcher has hatched today revealing a healthy wee lavender baby, 2 more are in the throws of hatching at the moment with another 3 pipped & set to follow.
