Back burning

It was perfect this weekend for back burning - dry grass, cool temperatures and the chance of rain. Still sat and watched the grass burn until the rain came and put out the fires. We desperately need to burn off the dry grass and wood in the trees behind the house but will have to wait for a north westerly breeze to blow the smoke away from the house.

Winter Wonderland

 For the first time we had snow that stayed on the ground in July- 15cm for three days. Good snowman making snow too. However, not what we needed in the middle of the lambing season and we lost about 6 lambs.