Tom is heading off to Jordan to teach a PDC! Great experience for both of us! For him to see permaculture in a desert environment, and to check out the dead sea and Petra (jealous!!) For me because I will be running the farm by myself (scary!!) So I have started to try my hand at milking the cows, as I will need to do it when Tom is not here. He has done it in the past and does it now, I have tried here and there but nothing concrete. Day one (yesterday) was an abysmal failure, I hardly got anything out. That which did come out I failed to spray in the bucket 9 out of 10 times, then the cow Anna, kicked the bucket over and I lost half of the small amount in the bucket…
Anna having a giggle at my expense I’m sure!
Today I went a little better, my aim was better and I got more into the bucket. Hands got sore pretty quick though! I will get there, a few more weeks to keep practising before Tom needs to leave… Anna (the cow) puts up with my clumsiness, but has a bit of a chuckle at my expense I am sure…
Here she is sticking her tongue out at me!
Photogenic she is! Here she is smiling for the camera!
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