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We had a big ash tree out the front of the house that was suffering from ash dieback, so I decided to get it cut down before it fell down.
With Valentine’s Day on the horizon last weekend, I stopped to pick up a card and my wife’s favourite chocolates.
A big shiny tractor was blocking my usual way into the calf shed when I arrived on farm.
It was another case of ‘small farming, big problems’ last week in the money pit that is my small pedigree Angus herd. I went out to the shed around 9pm with the intention of forking in some silage and being back inside before the kettle had finished boiling for the tea.
I wasn’t long out of college when my first car gave up the ghost and I decided I wanted to buy a jeep. Not having the money to spring for a new one, I bought a second hand ‘bargain’ on the advice of a fellow vet, and so began eight months of torture.