Following on from our use of sheep in 2013 to cut our hot air balloon launch site in North Hampshire near Hartley Wintney we have taken the plunge and got a small flock of our own to prepare the site ready for the forthcoming season. This gang of 9 Wiltshire Horns will graze down the grass to get it to a good length to start the balloon season. Last time a flock of 300 visiting sheep soon whittled the grass down in 2 days. This lot will probably take two weeks. Two of them have already been on the BBC News when a reporter did a "piece to camera" outside a nearby establishment that that was hitting the headlines. However they are being a bit coy and won't tell us which two managed to get into the shot. Meanwhile the ride on mower is sulking in it's shed.