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Lovely Evening

donich_admin — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 21:18:15 +0000

It turned out nice late this afternoon after a dismal Sunday and Monday. I went for a walk out towards Coran Lochan and it was very pretty indeed on the high path.

The days for going through the cow field are numbered for this year though – as it is the worst place for flies, and I notice they are already gathering. This is in the absence of the cows and Billy the Bull, however, as this year the farmer is keeping them in the field by the road.

The sheep have just been brought into the field across the road for lambing time – and this is when we normally have a few visitors in the garden. It would be nice if they brought some lambs with them if they do come.

Lonely walk today

donich_admin — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 18:45:40 +0000

R has been in Dundee giving a presentation at a conference so I have been all on my own (apart from the cats of course). Today I went for a walk in splendid solitude and (no insult to R) but it was actually quite nice. I was under no pressure of time so I walked right to the end of the Inverlounin Road where the little beach is and looked out for otters (didn’t see any) and then went back along the upper path where Billy and his harem are.

I also noticed that we are not alone in having sheep issues. In the very manicured garden of one of the huge and expensive mansion houses, a single sheep was happily munching away, so just goes to show that the rich have their problems too

The signs of spring seem to have been a bit retarded by the return of the snow, although there were a few little flies about today.

The pictures shows Billy who is the brown and white one on the left. He lives in Lochgoilhead and gets to have sex with lots of different females – lives don’t get much better than that.

Cows in the snow

donich_admin — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 15:26:09 +0000

I thought this was quite a touching image of the local bull and his harem. He is very gentle and will let you walk right past you without any reaction.

I sometimes feel a bit sorry for the Highland Cows being out in all weathers. They are obviously well designed for the conditions however – a bit like small mammoths with their hairy coats and short legs.

What a beautiful day….

marionmccune — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 20:59:16 +0000

Today was truly lovely (well it had a Goil moment at lunchtime and rained for half an hour but we will forgive it that). R and I walked up to the waterfalls and for the first time you could really smell spring in the air. On the way back the Highland cows had colonized the track and we had to skirt between a set of horns and the hindquarters of the bull to get past – they really are the calmest of creatures because they didn’t move a muscle when we passed within three feet of them. We also saw a load of frog spawn in a ditch where unfortunately it may dry up – tomorrow I will get some of it in a jar and put it in our pond (hopefully to replace some of the frogs eaten by the heron).

I’m testing for the rest of this week – so this was my final full day in the garden. The vegetable plots now look like this.

I reckon I am still on target to have them ready for planting by the time the soil reaches the magic 8 degrees.

It was nearly 20 degrees in the poly and greenhouse today and quite a few things are coming through. I also started looking at making a herb garden – I’m growing some – but I also have ones from last year which I had in pots at the old house and have brought with me (tut tut).

I’m keeping them in an old cold frame at the moment. Some of the pots are mysteries because they were here already and have no labels but I am presuming they are herbs because they were with other herbs which were labelled. I also have two new parsleys from the garden centre – so once they get a bit acclimatised, I will move everything outside next to the beautiful big bay tree we have inherited.