11.10.2020
I can’t believe it is so long since I posted anything. I think we have just been very busy. Edd’s new shed is now nearly complete, and we have sold the bottle-fed lambs and buck kids. They all went to good homes as pets. I was actually surprised at how fast they sold. The price of a pet has shot up considerably, dogs cost thousands now that almost every pet is neutered. It is not a totally good move because mongrels are often the healthiest best dogs and breeders can be breeding for looks rather than health or temperament. Perhaps a goat is a dog substitute, and a lot less work.
Spring has really started. Flowers everywhere and the grass lush and green. The weather is still swinging with some days hot and sunny and then a sudden return to frost at night. Over all things are improving but we have been warned that the Nina system will bring more rain than usual.
We are still under heavy lockdown and cases of the virus are below 15 a day but not dropping fast. We notice that more and more people are just ignoring the rules. Yesterday an acquaintance entered our house, uninvited and sat down at our table without even a mask on and we felt very uncomfortable. We did not expect anyone to do this so had no coping strategy planned. Mostly everyone is trying hard to look after others but if the rules relax, we will have to set our own boundaries.
Our tenant CB in the donger is very respectful of our space. We never enter each other’s houses and observe social distancing when talking outside. I can see that we are in a sort of limbic situation where the old way of living is over and the new normal brought on by covid and climate change has still yet not started. We really face so many uncertainties that it is not possible to plan for the future in the long or short term. I have come to the conclusion that I actually feel quite at home in these sort of times, because I can just be in the now and excuse myself from any worrying about what I should be doing to get ready for what is going to happen.
Working on the farm is enough to give our daily life structure and meaning. Basically, we produce food. I get up early every morning to milk the goats and clean up the dairy. With the lambs and some kids sold we now have milk to male cheese again. In the garden we have started to harvest the broad beans and snow peas and we are trying to get the pumpkins and zucchini established. The tomato seedlings germinated, and I have pricked them out into separate pots. But the cucumbers don’t seem to be sprouting. Perhaps the seed was too old.
My biggest issue is that with the charity shops all closed I have run out of novels to read. I have lots that I am rereading but it is not quite the same. I have ordered a small unit to sit the TV on. At present it is balanced on a plank held up by two other loose bits of wood. Each week it is a nightmare to dust as the wood is rough. We decided anything will be better. I am never sure when buying stuff like this online but what’s life wit out a few risks?
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