Weaners are here

As those of you who have been following our news know, Kiwi only had 1 piglet and so as she is due to go this week, we have bought 3 little gilts to keep our little boar company. They were car sick on the way back so it was windows open all the way to stop us being sick too;  the smell wasn’t great. We were well prepared with an enclosure next to Kiwi and her piglet, but like all well planned activities with animals it did not go to plan. The weaners came out of the land rover, saw Kiwi and thought MUM! and dived under the electric fence to be with her. She was actually very good with them, but they did get the message to stay out of the way until she was good and ready to engage with them. But the really lovely thing was that the little boar was delighted! So he will be happy when Kiwi leaves us tomorrow.

 

First Frost means Autumn is here

25th October and we had our first frost which is a good excuse, as if I needed one,  to post an Autumnal dawn. However the main reason for posting though is that’s it’s analogous to my feelings about the local squirrel population.

Let me explain,  the tree in the foreground is a Walnut which had an abundant crop of walnuts this year, more than enough for man and squirrel. However the local grey squirrels saw it differently and stripped the tree bear, there’s not a single walnut left. All of  which made me see red aka why the photo fits! I’m already scheming on how I’ll stop them next year.