We have cut down to once a day from this weekend and get about 6l in a milking. It will not be long until Venus can keep up with this herself as she is growing fast. More out than up at the moment which is good because she was a bag of bones when she was born.
It is hard to find things to do with that much milk so we have been drinking it, skimming the cream for raspberries, having icecream, kefir, kefir cheese (made by straining kefir and leaving to sit for a day and adding salt before refrigerating), butter, soaking wheat in it for the chickens, the dog drinks a bit - but we are getting worried too much is not good for her, fattening and too much liquid and finally I have been putting some on plants in the garden (! it is meant to be good for them... mostly this has been the left overs from butter and kefir cheese, so not the best stuff!)
Doug has redone the sheep fence on the top field. I don't have photos but it was a big big job. The sheep mesh gets grown in to the brambles and it has been a while since it was last done. He has also rerouted it some so they have a bigger area which is great. We are going to join the two flocks together for now with just the Ouessant ram and eat the other one. This will mean a bit less work refencing and moving sheep.
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