Now wouldn't it be good if those nice people at Monsanto could invent something so that only one paddock grew at once...you know a sort of rotation growing fertilizer. But instead the whole farm starts to grow at once and we appear to have emerged from the tunnel of winter going at full steam ahead. So not only is the hay field growing which is great news but garden, paddocks weeds and every other living piece of green appears to be shooting up as you watch.

So today we had some intensive mowing and liberal use of the strimmer (weed whacker) to try and get on top of the situation.

Then we were distracted by my eldest son and his friend who arrived to build two horse shoe pits at the bottom of the garden.......totally unproductive but good fun.



I have never played horse shoes but it looks like I will be this summer. If anyone has any tips let me have them send them.........



Meanwhile the alpacas are enjoying the warmer weather (Did I tell you that I can read their minds?) well they look like they are enjoying the warmer weather to me.

My article for Hobby Farms magazine is complete and I now just have to select the pictures and the captions for some of the images. Oh yes and get my local vet to write the vet check section....which had slipped my mind. So I better go send her an e-mail and get her on the case.

I haven't heard any updates from the trial in Ohio which I mentioned yesterday.

Adrian Stewart - click here to go to Mulberry Alpacas