Im shattered . Ive had a long busy day moving several trailer loads of sheep from a piece of ground that due to the continuing wet weather is now resembling a WW1 battlefield . This hill side is now a quagmire that even the quad bike cannot cross when loaded with feed for the sheep . I have never seen anything like this level of mess and rutted mud in my life . Although the daily heavy rain has eased we are still getting heavy drizzle most days , and the ground is still not drying out much even if the grass is starting to grow now . To be honest the weather has been so wet again this winter its been nearly impossible to keep sheep out side . That's crazy. If this is a future trend then new ways of doing things are going to be needed .
There is a steady decline in the fertility of the higher ground we farm . This gets worse on our area of land at the top of the dale . Two wet winters have seen rushes spread nearly everywhere blocking out the grass . I have spent much time cutting them every year but its a losing battle due to this weather . Im quite good at summing up the direction in which situations are heading , and I don't like what I see . I think the climate is changing and upland areas will see this change first . Maybe its time to go into one of those Environmental Schemes and get paid to just let all grow wild , but that goes against every part of me , but if the land is going that way anyway why fight it when someone could be paying me to just leave it to nature ? Christ , has it come to this ?
Sometimes in farming you just have to say " fuck it " there is nothing I can do about it . I guess that's healthy ? !!!
Ive had a big chip butty . Ive slept a little before and now its late Im tired but cant sleep . Yes , Im in a classic blogging mood . Anything could come out tonight...
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