The horses don't know how lucky they are; there we were, 9am on a cold Saturday morning, ready to do some fencing! After an hour and half of planning, cold and stiff fingers, pole planting, tape unreeling, securing corner fencing, connecting the battery to the energiser and one electric shock, we were pretty pleased with our efforts. We had to pop in a nearby tea room to warm up and enjoy a full English breakfast and a pot of tea before we let our girls out to test their new field. The paddock 'test-graze' went well – both rolled on the ground in turn before proceeding to taste testing the grass.
If you're wondering the odd-shaped fenced area, it's because we are saving the ground from getting totally bogged over the winter, so we are only letting the girls in a certain parts of the paddock at a time – hoping that in the summer the ground is dry and sturdy enough to withstand grazing within the whole area. Oh the joys of living in a wet England (2012 has been rather exceptional on that front)!
Grass is something we don't have anymore in Finland - just snow, mud and ice. Your scenery there is much more lovely ;)Here we are still waiting for the real winter...
ReplyDeleteThanks Johanna! The grass here tends to remain green throughout the year, but I am afraid the muddy season IS the norm over winter... No snow here... And if it does fall, everyone goes into panic mode!
DeleteThanks for your comments so far, btw, and apologies I have been rubbish at replying :) - will try harder x