The Duke of Kupa and TonTon were caught on film herding the guineas through the pens behind the barn. It looks to me as though they are working as a team. What do you think?
Poor guinea fowl. Being herded to and from by those two.
They were being quite vocal in their protest too!
Daisy was much better about the milking by yesterday evening. I think it may be getting close breeding time for her. I will call the vet this week.
Yesterday I began to thoroughly clean out the middle pen. This will be Charlotte’s nursery. It is big and cool. When the roof was delivered a number of the heavy smaller metal sheets and trim came in a very long, very strong open sided box. Naturally I asked the men not to break it when they got the iron out.
And realised yesterday that if I placed it in the Charlotte’s nursery room it would be a perfect little hidey shelf for the little pigs to play under. With a few minor adjustments it will take up one wall of the 13 foot square pen. The piglets are due June 17.
Good morning. I worked in the blueberry patch again yesterday too. I have been amending the soil around the plants with coffee grounds and they are growing well now and a few are even flowering. After close examination it appears that the bushes have been eaten by rabbits sometime in the winter months. So the ground is now covered in a deep mulch, to keep the weeds down (the back gardens always end up with the worst weeds) and the roots cool and I am going to give them cages to keep off the rabbits while the new growth matures.
Today after the chores and the weeding I am going to make an all out effort to visit as many of you as I can. I do miss my visiting. This is a frantic time of year but I think we are winning. I mowed the dandelion walk yesterday so I am even ahead of the grass which is a rare occurrence. Oh and John helped me finish fence Number Two, so now two of the three big fields are divided. This fence I made with a special electric fence that looks like rope and is SO easy to manage. I am never going back to wire! I hate working with wire!
I hope you all have a lovely day.
your sunburnt friend,celi
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46 responses to “Peacock and Dog herd as a team”
What is Author sleeping on. Is it one of the rope bee hives? If so can you send me one Lol…… you can keep you barrow contents my compost is huge too
That is my washing basket!! if I send it it will be full!!c
Well if I can get my hands on that basket I do your washing for you anytime!! 😉
I love Daisy !!
Well, we sure know who have the work ethic on the farmy! Besides you: well you always have been a good teacher! Ton and Kupa doing great, but also noticed Blue all on his own putting down the law with the Murphies 🙂 ! The rest were having the day off methinks . . .
laying about under the trees!! c
Ton Ton and Kupa do look like a team. Love the picture of the complaining Guinea. Sheila and Charlotte look comfy! Enjoyed all the photos. Daisy is looking quite lovely. Is Blue herding, or pretending he’s a sheep? 😉 Sunburn–ouch! Take care of yourself, Miss C.
I’m looking forward to little piggies! 🙂
Fun pictures…the shot of Charlotte and Sheila is adorable. Looks like they’ve made up.
Looks like everyone is taking it easy, except you!
Seeing Blue alongside the sheep keeps his size in perspective,
he’s still a little tiny puppy, isn’t he !!!!
Seems like a very busy time. Our farmer neighbour, the only one now who isn’t “retired”, never stops working. I’m really sure that I’d be a very bad farmer. I don’t think laziness and procrastination, two of my main skills, are ideal qualities for such a lifestyle:)
I wonder how they’d do on sheep? They’d wow the judges in a contest.
I spent yesterday planting with my foster grandson – he had never planted before. I sent him home with tomato plants and butternut squash plants to start his own garden! He was quite excited.
I love the picture of the sleeping piggies!
Blue is still little, but he is really growing fast! He also seems to be learning so many cool things from you, Ton-ton and all the others. The perfect life for a dog!
Linda
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Love that you recycle delivery boxes like us! So many bits of timber from things that were delivered were used in the refurbs…love it when it all works out like that 🙂
I’m catching up after some days spent at a Writers and Readers Festival. I went to a session on The Good Life, where many tips were exchanged. It was definitely the friendliest and most down-to-earth of all the sessions.