Ton and I had a busy productive day yesterday. I called the Swine Herd Man and apparently Sheila the Babe is only a week old, evidently pigs will also make you wait, even though you think you know when they are due, so she will be allowed to leave her Mother in a month. Waiting again. 
It rained on and off all day yesterday. Delicious soaky rain. 
This shot is for Mad Dog, because he likes his pigs. And This pig is working on being the ONLY fat pig in the sty! 
What are we to do with them. 
Little piggies. Well not so little anymore. 
Kupa spent all day sat in the barn watching the chickens grow. But I guess it Was raining. It was a watching the grass grow ( or in this case the chicks grow), kind of day. 
Still not very pretty, are they. 
Meadow is pretty though.
Queenie has been brought up from Pat’s Paddock. Mama was having an off day yesterday so I put her in Pats Paddock for some tall grass, interspersed with beet shreds and yoghurt and Queenie joined Hairy MacLairy in the Salad Bar Field for a hay day. With all this rain the grass will be growing again. Thank goodness. 
This picture of Neville’s garden is for Misky from Misk Cooks. She sent me some incredibly simple directions (with pictures) so that I could successfully load the Share buttons at the top of my page. Thank you Misky. My gardens are growing and the blog world loves to share.
Good morning. We are to have a warmer day today they say. With a little wind.
I am still playing catch up with the chores but it appears that all is well in the animal world for the time being.
You all have a lovely day. Take good care of each other.
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
70 responses to “Walkabout the Farmy on May Day.”
Gorgeous photos and those piggies are fabulous. I´d like a trough to sit in and watch the rain 😉
he is a cheeky fella! morning tanya.. c
The piggies are indeed fabulous! So we are waiting for Sheila…aren’t we also waiting for Daisy?
Yup, it looks like Daisy’s calf and Sheila are due to join our farmy about the same week.. ah well.. c
OK, no looking at Daisy this week!
We sure could use some of the soaking delicious rain here. We are suffering terribly!
Linda
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That is terrible, you work so hard out there.. c
I’m not sure I have it in me to be a real farmer! I could do it, but not if I had to eat the animals. LOL I know it’s the way of life, but it would be so hard! I’m speaking of your pigs, of course. Every picture I see of Kupa, I am in awe of his beauty. Just amazing. And those chicks. Although they aren’t adorable yet, they are hilarious with their inquisitory stares. It’s almost like you can hear what they are saying!
Love your blog, it is my favorite by far. Look forward to reading it every morning. Next spring I may have a lot of questions for you. My husband has accepted a job back east and we will be moving our entire lives about as far away from here as we can without leaving the country. We’re thinking we will be living in New Hampshire by September of this year. Lots of excitement on the horizon!
Have a lovely day and thank you for such an enjoyable way to start my morning! 🙂
Thank you honey, i love that you are reading every day too. it makes it all worth it. It is hard to grow your own food and eat it. however it seems honest to me and of course this is why i have animals I name who will live with me year in and year out. So i don’t get too sad. Kupa is amazing isn’t he.. c
Oh, forgot to add…the questions I will hopefully be having are how to raise chickens (for eggs) and goats and sheep (for cheese). We’ll see!
that sounds very exciting, I do hope you can find a place with space enough, or is that already settled.. what a wonderful thought.. c
Not settled yet, but there are a lot of small communities with farming. If we can’t find enough room, we may just have to stick to chickens. But I’m no expert there. Will have to do some research and ask you a lot of questions too when the time comes. 😉
What a sweet picture of Queenie. They all look to be such a contented lot! Of course with the amount of TLC you lavish, they are undoubtedly very happy to be on the farmy! 🙂 Debra
Morning Debra, i hope you are having a good day at work today. c
Afternoon Celi 🙂 Delicious soaky rain has a beautiful ring to it. And every time I see one of the piggies I think of “This little pg went to market, ….. ) what can I say, except that I’m entranced
well this little pig is staying home for a while!! morning Claire.. c
So nice to catch up with everyone! All the ‘babies’ are growing up quickly!
they are, time is rushing past! c
What a lovely day on a farm you have kindly depicted for us Celi, thank you. The chicks are my favourite, still scruffy and scraggly looking, but to me they are cute.
Such cute little piggies! Lovely photos, as always, C! I do love your gentle pics of life on your farm.
That is the most beautiful garden, Celi. And the animals are showing themselves to their very best advantage again today 🙂
Nice to wake up as always to your beautiful farming posts! Kupa looks so regal and beautiful, sitting watching the rain like royalty!
The rain is pelting down under as well 🙂 – soothing and relaxing!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Can it stop raining yet, celi? Do you have enough for a while? I love the lambs : )
Nevilles garden looks great…..Manelisi loves the photos of the pigs and the baby chickens
love that Manelisi is following.. wonderful.. love love to down under! c
Somehow the world doesn’t feel so hostile and bleak when I start my day with a walk around your farmy. When I think about it, that’s an amazing gift you are offering to folks. Thank you.
Honey, what a fantastic thing to say.. i really do appreciate that .. it makes it feel worth it! c