Bog Myrtle & Peat

While on the subject of cattle, it’s worth including these comparison shots of “Maggie” the wild heifer. The top picture was taken in September 2015 when she was five months old, and the second was this afternoon at eighteen months. Seeing them every day, it’s easy to think that they never grow at all. It turns out that some progress has been made this summer!

Entertainingly, we recently had a chance to see my girls standing alongside some limousine x calves which were born in May 2016 – they were basically the same size…