WE had another wicked frost yesterday morning. The ground was crunchy as I trudged to and fro in my gumboots and clown suit feeding animals and getting ready for the milking. We still managed to pick kale, lettuce and radishes for lunch but the pickin’s are getting slim!
Mia has been let in with the ram. She is bigger than Mama now, good and strong and old enough to breed. She had a mishap last year, with a prolapse and the loss of her twins so I was hesitant. We have to give her a second chance. This is a farm for growing food after all. Poor Old Hairy was having such a time with the harness that I have given up. There is a rumour of a man who brings his scanner to a local farm later in the winter so I might load these two up and take them over. That could be an exciting day!
Minty and Meadow are hanging out together now as a flock of two.
Charlotte will be taken to visit a boar in January. She is definitely the biggest and strongest of the Shush Sisters. Gestation for a pig is three months, three weeks and three days. So if all goes well there will be babies galore in the spring on the farmy! I am still working on finding us a new cow for the spring to feed everyone.
Li’l Puss spent all day on the verandah and in the gardens. He will be fine. He is a feisty wee fella. He literally turned on TonTon and attacked him for staring too much. All claws with spitting and screeching. Ton, like the good dog that he is, took fright, turned tail and hid behind ME. For the rest of the day he gave L’il Puss a very wide berth. 
Eva said yesterday in the Lounge of Comments that maybe I could show the progression of the Daily View on one page at some time. Good idea Eva. Thank you. So at the end of the month I will collect one or two from each week and pop them on the same page. It occurs to me as I am writing that maybe I could do a slide show, that would be fun, but that might be a wee bit beyond my capabilities. 
And though I intend to manage my time exceptionally well in November unfortunately there is not way to actually ADD an hour or two.
It has been windy the last few days.
Very windy yesterday and quite warm.
Our min/max thermometer arrived in the mail yesterday, however the mercury has divided and is a bit bubbly. So I will have to work on it. Consulting with The Father seems to be in order. It is only in Fahrenheit but it will be hung right next to our favourite old thermometer so you will see them both in one shot. No need for equations. This is my plan anyway.
You all have a lovely day. A lovely, lovely day.
celi
On this day a year ago. Meatballs on Silverbeet.
The Kitchen's Garden 
49 responses to “Talking about babies –”
I would LOVE to see a slide show at the end of the month! I don’t think they’re that hard to set up.
And you and i with so much time on our hands and all!! c
WordPress has a insert images into a slideshow feature in it, you could give that a look to see if it would work for you. I’ve never used it though.
I will have a look see.. thanks Miss T.. c
great posts as usual… your winter is creeping up on you by the sounds of it…. a crunchy frost lovely…
Slide shows should be fairly easy, but what *I* think you should do at the end of the year is a flip book sort of thing – might be a glorified slide show – that goes really fast, like 2-3 pics per second maybe? so that the whole thing is about a minute and a half long. Find some neat music to put in… 😉
I don’t think I am able to do movies on this site, I am very basic so far. And as the camera is not on a tripod in exactly the same position for the whole year it would look pretty stuttery, with the image jumping up and down, not comfortable to watch. But what an excellent idea for the future.. c
That does look chilly now, but lovely light on the fields 😉
I’d love to see a wide time lapse over the course of a year, but the camera has to be in exactly the same place for it to work…
I have not built it a box, as you can see, but I have always been fascinated by time lapse. It something I would love to study one day.. c
Morning! All I can say is WOW! Pigs: 3 months, 3 weeks and 3 days? Truly? 3-3-3? That’s extraordinary, c.
I know, pig poetry!! morning misky! c
Oooh Daisy is going to feel left out come Spring! Raining here … time now to take down curtains and wash them … sigh. Laura
Sooooo exciting to think about the spring and the babies running around!!! We plan to breed both of our pigs……ourselves!!! We’ll order the semen, consult an old farmer and give it a go!!! So that should be interesting!!! We are thinking of December too. Our goats we will breed next month and they should have their babies in April!!! Can’t wait!!! xo
Can’t the vet breed them for you? Remember pig semen has a very short life. And good for you giving it a go, how will you know when they are in heat.. so many questions.. Now I heard that if you want to sell them as show pigs (and get the better money) you should be breeding them by October early November.. Next year mine will be old enough for October breeding. What an adventure we are both on.. or should i say roller coaster. ! c
You are such a breath of fresh air!
This is all very exciting. Slide-whows are easy peasy in WordPress.
Wows are easy – whows might be a problem. Shows: a piece of cake.
Brilliant. You are a poet! c
I am impressed with the readers of yours who know so much about making slide shows on wordpress. Perhaps we can have a Celi-based group lesson on WP technology secrets.
Good morning Celi. (trying to catch up…a new cat! sounds like he’s got things under control – that’s how our old cat settled things with the Bouviers)
My, we have such different climate – 87-90 here. (Posted some pix of local trails Wed that show how little Fall we have here)
One thing about living on a farm…teaches that you have to plan ahead.
Love that first pix! (now to read backwards a bit)
it has been years since i have had home grown meat to taste. I miss it, but with the two of us, I don’t see the reason to invest in beef or pork, especially when Al sometimes struggles now eating meat.
It is such a clean good taste too.. such a shame it is not easier to find in smaller quantities.. hope you have a good few days terry.. c
thank you my friend!!
Crunchy frost! We had a thunderstorm on Wednesday night and have been socked in with fog ever since, but I can see lights across the bay this morning.
Fog is one thing I find difficult to bear, I like to be able to see out.. glad it is clearing up a little for you.. how wonderful to be able to look across a bay.. c