Fantastic day again yesterday, blue sky’s, gentle breeze but with the promise of rain on the way, so we went and got a start on cutting the peats.
Before we could start cutting any, we firstly had to strip back the turf & this then gets layed in front of the peat bank allowing it to carry on growing.
Then we give the base of the bank a tidy up before we start cutting.
So we are now ready to spend a good 5 or 6 afternoons cutting & stacking with a view to having a cosy house next winter. We’re putting in a much bigger stove in the lounge than what was there when we came here & plumbing it into the central heating to do away with having to buy in seriously expensive heating oil.
Still no sign of anything about to happen from Suzie, as you can see, she’s still content to enjoy an afternoon outside mooching around in the sunshine.
Her other half *Doodles* is only concerned about when dinner will arrive, typical male…
I noticed a shortage of ducks yet again today, I suspect I now have 2 females off sitting on eggs, the first one to sit, *wee noisy duck** is due to hatch at the end of next week.
The hard job will be finding the resulting ducklings before this wee lass decides they are to be breakfast, lunch & dinner. She’s 100% hunter & as such cares not if her pray are wild rabbits or chicks/ducklings from your brooding runs.
