Inspection time

We’ve just had an Aberdeenshire Council animal welfare officer visit the croft to inspect our paperwork and check the pigs’ living conditions as there “could be a problem” with what we do.

This was news to me as we work hard to keep our pigs in good conditions, feed them well and give them all they need for a good life.

But, if an inspector thinks there’s a problem, then you have to let them in, spend a good hour having all your paperwork examined in detail and another hour or so outside justifying everything you do.

A late, hard frost

We still have a large number of vegetable seedlings in the sun porch waiting to be planted out and many of our more tender plants outside are under cloches.

When people visit, they often express surprise that we don’t have more  vegetables in the beds and field as it’s now late in the spring.

Well, the answer to that question happened last night - a late, hard frost that nipped many of the outside crops.