The straw is safely put up in the barn, and the cows are enjoying a cool shower before we call them into the barn this morning for milking. After a long week of selling sweetcorn and putting up about 1000 bales of straw and hay, it is a welcome excuse to relax for a day and do nothing!
Welcome to mygravelroad where you'll get interesting glimpses into the lives of a small dairy farm family. There aren't too many small farmers left, but our lives are interesting and full. Join us as we share stories of our ups and downs of daily farm life. Meet Cuddles, Daisy, Fergus and many more interesting characters that encompass our milking string. Learn what it's like to have to go to the woods and bring the cows back across the swamp on horseback, track down a momma cow that calved (and doesn't want to come back to the barn!), chasing the neighbor's bull out of our pasture, and many more!
Now, as the lightning is streaking, and the rain is coming down, I need to pull on my boots, full length raincoat and coax about 25 bovines out of their comfortable spots in the night pasture where they've bedded down to wait out the rain.
