Busy busy busy

So this week, I've been:

• trying to calculate a more accurate figure on the amount of grass we need, 
• and how much we can eke out on the site,
• seeing if we can decide on the sheep breeds we might go with,
• looking at rearranging the fencing plan, 
• attempting to cut the cost of the driveway, 
• exploring new grant options, 
• remeasuring the position of the farmyard, 
• seeing if we can re-order the building phases, 
• trying to pin down the cost of a completely different new barn,
• and various company bits and pieces.

I've also been thinking about the practical things I'm supposed to be doing - renovating chicken houses, sketching new pictures for the website, collecting the trailer, stocking with hay bales, etc etc.

It's never not busy, and I kind of like that, but sometimes I wish I could concentrate on just a couple of things at a time.




We're over a year away from actually having sheep (unless something remarkable happens and only at all if something remarkable happens), but with land and money so tight getting this right could be make or break.
Different breeds of sheep are different weights, so need different amounts of food, and also have different eating habits.

We also have to remember they aren't pets, no mater how cute a particular breed looks, they might not be suitable for us - ie make any money to keep the place going. They have to be productive.

That said, looks are important too, we can't be tempted by anything unusual.  If it doesn't look like a sheep it confuses people.  We have experience of this.  At one event we held there was a particularly large breed of sheep that doesn't have a fleece.  Everyone I met later, told me they'd seen the goats.
'Sheep, they were sheep...'

We have a long list, but I'm looking in more detail at a few breeds.

Jamie