Love is definitely in the air in the early hours of the morning when it is cool, and late at night when it has cooled…

as the rain left the grass sizzling, temperatures soared again and haircuts were in order…

I was asked what happened to the Chillies as the Courgettes are going from strength to length LOL

well here they are along with some of the beauty that can be found naturally in the hedgerows…

with the parched grass we are feeding supplements to the still pregnant and those now lactating mums – along with the hay that we have always fed daily throughout the year regardless – keeping essential mineral and vitamin levels up for the Alpaca.

with the Sloes the size they are already this year, I expect we are in for another hard Winter – sorry folks.

Our lane eating versatile pony mare is still holding on… place your bets but the cria continue thick and fast…

our matings for producing unusual colours on decisions made last year has worked out just as we planned!

please remember to get vulnerable mothers and cria into the shade and ensure they have adequate water. Cria quickly die in temperatures like these despite their origins. A weak cria is also likely to have its eyes pecked out by crows and magpies – sorry but its true.

We have been pleased that our Visitors have been more than happy NOT to walk Alpaca due to the intense heat and understand that Alpaca and other livestock Welfare comes first and foremost here.

Doing the rounds and then sleep for you know who…

wow, it has been over 31 degrees here let alone the UK but the big skies are just beautiful, always..

it doesn’t seem to matter what time of the day or night it is these days, so long as I know the date, I can vaguely say I am in the land of the living… still no foal from our mare despite being bagged up for 3 weeks now… and the last cria still to come… just loving this time of year and blessed with such prolonged sunshine… lets hear it for the boys…

we don’t get to see much of the actual Air Tattoo as we are always amidst midsummer farming BUT we do get to see the planes flying home at the end of the show… which is quite spectacular…

Well we don’t stop early for tea but we do prepare the BBQ food ourselves for later…

and often it is very much later that we get to eat it when mating is finished in the cool of the evening…