September

Sorting sheep in the fank.

New leaves in September? A strong wind burnt August leaves to a crisp and six weeks later they re-emerged. 

Bottle fed lambs.

Mix of burnt and fresh leaves.

The last photograph of the polytunnel before another storm flattened it. 

Toechtamhor.

Looking towards Calgary from the headland. 

Wind burnt garden flowers. 

In the Black Park. 

The delights of mosses. 

Down by the Ensay Burn with Walter and Nyje. 

Pedicure for the tups. 

 

June in photographs

Our egg producers - free range

Pignut in the Haunn field 

Ready for shearing

The Treshnish kitchen garden

Middle and East, still admiring the new roof on Middle

Rhoda shears the hoggs in June 

Waiting to be shorn

Working away at them 

Herdwicks in the field behind Duill and Shian

Heath spotted orchid

Greater butterfly orchid

Ferns 

Wood bitter-vetch at Haunn

New house - windows..

It took 8 people to lift this in to place! 

Final tweaks

Sunset over the Isle of Coll

Shieling from the farmhouse garden

Shieling at sunset 

Studio sunroom and Rosa rugosa 

Pignut gives way to Buttercup

Treshnish kitchen garden from the air

 

Broad leaved Helleborine

There are 3 Broad leaved Helleborines on the track between the Ensay Burn and the Treshnish Schoolhouse.   

We have 15 species of Orchid on the farm, and this summer I have been trying to see them all.  Unfortunately I didn't find the Early marsh orchid on the path to Crackaig despite looking several times (!) and I have still to look for the Bog orchid, so this is my lucky 13th!

Early purple; Heath spotted; Northern marsh; Fragrant; Greater butterfly; Small white; Common twayblade; Lesser twayblade; Frog; Narrow leaved Helleborine; Common spotted; Bird's nest and now Broad leaved Helleborine.