Monday it was butchering, with 6 deer hanging in the larder it was going to be a long week. But rather than hash at iot I had an easier day butchering so as to have four full size haunches. It is not often we sell whole haunches but at ten pounds per kilo it is not a bad buy for Christmas.
But you need the oven to accomodate it!!!!
We have a runt of a ‘pet’ deer. Tufty we call her due to her coat. I think she was abandoned by her Mother when she (the Mother) had lost her milk. Hard to say but I did see her with her Mother last February trying to suckle but no joy
She has taken up residence by the compost pile, the peelings will probably keep her alive this winter.
At the end of a beautiful day all that is left is to freshen up with a swim.
I've been living on the island since April 2002, alone for the first 5 years, my partner L joined me in 2007. We manage the Island for a Danish family who bought the Island in the early 90's.
Their hopes for the Island are to make it self sufficient supporting its inhabitants and that is where we come in.
We look after the stock, 3 holiday cottages, machinery, boat and of course the visitors.
It is pretty challenging but it is a beautiful place to live and work, we love it and strangely enough we love it even more in the depths of winter when all is quiet apart from the gales and rain.
We do a bit of fishing, stock work, stalking deer and loads of other stuff. We have good support from lots of people whom we have met over the years and have become involved in the Island. Too many to mention here but keep an eye on the blog, they'll be there for sure in the future.
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