I am not a particularly competent scientist. I am not even a fairly good amateur. But like, I suspect, many of you out there, I have been particularly taken by the search for the Higgs Boson, and have, in my own undistinguished way, joined in. And today I read with rejoicing that the Cern Large [...]
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By Rabbit Update
Lucy - the rabbit in isolation since Saturday seems to be doing well. Eating and drinking again and grumpy at being in a small hutch indoors rather than in its run. So that’s a good sign. The baby wild rabbit in the hay shed fared less well. Despite rescuing it from Dottie the curious (but [...]
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By Pig Wreckage
I am extremely angry with Hilary and Smiler. We’ve been more than generous to them and they have the run of the orchard since we understood that Kune Kune’s were grazers not rooters. I am afraid to say that I think they might be mixed race since they’ve started to destroy the orchard by grubbing [...]
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Wood Anemones
Hurrah, the wood anemones are suddenly in bloom, a sprinkling of white though Dean Wood. Beautiful.
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Animal Hospital
This morning on the feeding round it became apparent that we had one limping cat, one sheep with a scratched face, and one poorly pet rabbit. The animals can’t seem to organise themselves to be ill one at a time, they like to do it in groups. Mary the sheep was first to be dealt with [...]
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This is the story of a rural life, lived by Sarah and Christopher on their 40 acre Wealden farm, near Rye, which they share with assorted animals, wild flowers, trees, an eclectic array of locals and the odd visitor who thinks it's an idyll. Sometimes it is.
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