Well we thought we'd found a 10 year old female donkey for 400 euros but we have decided that the irrigation project is more important for the time being. Another one will come along later.
Last night we got hit by force 10 winds and the Sahara decided to deposit most of its sand all over Crete. In the old days we used to at least have Gadaffi to blame for this stuff.
We woke to discover that our gazebo on the front terrace had been hoisted into the next door neighbour's garden and smashed to pieces. I spent an hour dismantling it, whilst fending off offers of tsikoudia/coffee/cake/biscuits from Maria. On the bright side, some bits might make good ladders for the chickens.
After I finished, Maria brought round some Madeira Cake, heavy on the eggs. Lovely.
The car was so covered in "red rain" that I had to wipe the windows down with a cloth just to be able to drive it. Water just turned to mud, so the only effective solution was for the windscreen.
Took mom to Kalyves to see her friend Wendy. She had a nice time. Living in the village, she has so little opportunity to speak to people. Almost no-one speaks English.
We were almost frightened to go to the field this morning, but on arrival, everything was fine. The chicken coop had somehow weathered the storm (although it managed to remove a VERY heavy pallett with galvanised steel attached from the roof) and thanks to advice from Takis to rope it all down, the galvanised sheets on the stable were all still in place. Thankfully, the door had been blown off a few weeks before, so the biggest danger to Banna had already passed.
What a relief. Banna was fine and happy, and the sheep were all O.K.
Viki went to feed the sheep and discovered that the sheep shelter had been destroyed ...
Hey ho. Not the end of the world. We broke it all down and put everything into the stable.
I had no idea how much corn chickens get through every day. Scary monsters. Still not getting any serious amounts of eggs out of them. Have installed a wider roosting perch for them.
Les, the farrier, is coming tomorrow. That'll be another 60 euros then. At least its only once every two months now that Banna has the field. Its more about trimming his hooves than replacing shoes now.
The feed suppliers have now run out of cheap winter feed.
Great.
Last night we got hit by force 10 winds and the Sahara decided to deposit most of its sand all over Crete. In the old days we used to at least have Gadaffi to blame for this stuff.
We woke to discover that our gazebo on the front terrace had been hoisted into the next door neighbour's garden and smashed to pieces. I spent an hour dismantling it, whilst fending off offers of tsikoudia/coffee/cake/biscuits from Maria. On the bright side, some bits might make good ladders for the chickens.
After I finished, Maria brought round some Madeira Cake, heavy on the eggs. Lovely.
The car was so covered in "red rain" that I had to wipe the windows down with a cloth just to be able to drive it. Water just turned to mud, so the only effective solution was for the windscreen.
Took mom to Kalyves to see her friend Wendy. She had a nice time. Living in the village, she has so little opportunity to speak to people. Almost no-one speaks English.
We were almost frightened to go to the field this morning, but on arrival, everything was fine. The chicken coop had somehow weathered the storm (although it managed to remove a VERY heavy pallett with galvanised steel attached from the roof) and thanks to advice from Takis to rope it all down, the galvanised sheets on the stable were all still in place. Thankfully, the door had been blown off a few weeks before, so the biggest danger to Banna had already passed.
What a relief. Banna was fine and happy, and the sheep were all O.K.
Viki went to feed the sheep and discovered that the sheep shelter had been destroyed ...
Hey ho. Not the end of the world. We broke it all down and put everything into the stable.
I had no idea how much corn chickens get through every day. Scary monsters. Still not getting any serious amounts of eggs out of them. Have installed a wider roosting perch for them.
Les, the farrier, is coming tomorrow. That'll be another 60 euros then. At least its only once every two months now that Banna has the field. Its more about trimming his hooves than replacing shoes now.
The feed suppliers have now run out of cheap winter feed.
Great.
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