We have 20 Lleyn sheep which we raise mainly for mutton, today we had to give them one of their regular overhauls. This involves picking them up and depositing them on their backsides with their back resting against your legs so we can check and trim their feet, foot rot is always a risk when the weather has been wet, but out of the 20 only 2 needed any attention for that malady. We can now start the summer grazing rotation knowing the sheep are in reasonable condition.
With the spring moving on we have started cultivating the ground prior to planting leeks and onions. We do this by using deep tine cultivators which are tractor mounted rigid tines penetrating the ground to between 12 and 18 inches to will be followed up with a rotary cultivator to create the seed bed. If the weather allows we should be looking at planting onions late next week.
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