Now, we are not officially ‘Meeting’ chickpea yet, he is still following his mother through the pig pen with all that hustle and bustle, under the hooves of cows as she finds water and through the long grass of the fields.
So the little fella has not truly come into focus yet. Pania gets very agitated when anyone gets close and I saw her attack a nosy piglet yesterday. So far so good though. After I took his photo she whisked him away and I did not see them again for the rest day. But as long as she is not roosting up the top of the barn at night with the others, I know that she is still minding her baby.
Look up into the top right of this shot, there is Egoli laying along a gate enjoying the fan with the pigs. And the really good news is that he was seen resting quietly in close proximity to LuLu (below)) who is quietly pleased to have another Ginge around.
We have officially shifted dinnertime to the covered North verandah. It is glorious in there. Even in these humid summer days it stays cool and calm (and fly-free). The big doors stand open all day. The internet does not reach there (my internet is rubbish, I need something to boost the signal down the corridors) so it really is an old fashioned space. Nanny arrived yesterday evening with dinner in a crock pot and a cushion for her rocking chair, the kids arrived to swim (the screened in verandah over-looks the pool) and we all settled into our new space and just sighed.
Nanny has said that she will not be moving in permanentlyfor a few years yet, so if I want to rent it for farm stays/bed and breakfast/mini summer breaks, I may. What do you think?
All is well. Have a lovely day.
your friend, celi
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76 responses to “What a peachick looks like”
I think that people would LOVE to come and stay at your farm! the little chick is adorable!
A B&B is a fantastic idea! A weekend on a sustainable farm with pea chicks? Priceless!
Not sure you would want to entertain day in and day out with all you do but a weekend here or there to pay for all you have done and for special things you may desire. I have a back yard I could rent out to RV’s and Tents why didn’t I think about THAT!!!
yes i was thinking of a week or weekend here and there too! It might be fun!.. c
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Since when has The Matriarch been renamed Nanny? Or has this sleepyhead misunderstood? Absolutely love your summer dining room: here there are many purpose-built as such and usually called ‘our cage’ [Well, you know Ausiie humour 🙂 !]. Oh, actually did stay on line waiting for your post to arrive: Celi, I very much hope your two Wellington sons did not have any structural or other damage to their homes; that earthquake was just a little too strong for comfort this afternoon: all the best and ni-ni from me !!! [oh, that peachick is SO tiny compared to everyhting else on the farmy!!]
Slip of the tongue! we call her Nanny! But she much prefers The Matriarch !.. I have not heard that there is any major damage .. am still waiting to get through to them. It seems to have run like a shock right up that fault line.. NZ has always had a lot of earthquakes.. c
Well, 6.5 is sort’of on the borderline . . . it was just the quake headed all our evening news and other programmes kept on being interrupted with updates and incoming films . . . trust the media – supposedly it had been ‘expected’!! So sorry about picking up on ‘N’: don’t think others noticed 🙂 ! . . .
Thats OK, Nanny noticed and had a wee chuckle! c
Nanny is very generous and wise! Working Farmy staycations would probably recoup building costs quite quickly and you would have extra help too Ms C! Gorgeous little Chickpea. I probably would have to sell all my wordly goods to cover foreign exchange rate – otherwise I would be there in a flash! 🙂 Laura
Yeeha for Chickpea!
Great looking little chick pea. Verandah looks excellent.
I’m voting for a writer’s retreat! What a blessing it would be to have that scenery to look out afterwards, and perhaps some chores to join in when the writing is going badly and the body needs to move for inspiration.
Working holidays with Celi what a great idea! I wonder how long it would take me to drive to your place? But then I would have to hire someone to look after my cats, dogs chickens and gardens, so would probably work out a little on the expensive side for me – oh well one can dream! Love little Chickpea and so glad the two gingers seem to be getting on, even if ‘space’ between them. It’s a start.
what a cute little peep! the porch is wonderful. maybe rent it to an AG student over the summers so they can learn and help you out at the same time?
I bought one of these to extend Wifi from the main house (stone) to an outbuilding. The trick is to place is somewhere that it has a line-of-sight path to both the regular wifi router and the place where you want to use it.
I guess a link would have been helpful: http://www.amazon.com/Netgear-WiFi-Booster-Mobile-WN1000RP-100NAS/dp/B008GGB342/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1374411018&sr=1-1&keywords=wn1000rp
Excellent link thank you. was it easy to install?.. Line of sight is the tricky part, there are walls and corridors in the way.. hmm.. can I install more than one so the signal can turn a corner? is that what i need to do? c
Yes, it was easy to install. I guess it doesn’t HAVE to be line-of-sight, as long as the obstructions are transparent to radio waves (like wooden walls, etc). Stone walls are not radio-transparent, so I went for line-of-human-sight.
At first I installed my in the car, running off an inverter plugged into the accessory power socket. With an extension cord slung over the rear-view mirror. I toyed with the idea of building a weather-proof enclosure with a solar charger & battery, but my friends (who own the stone house) found a better place to plug it in, so that became unnecessary.
Whenever I come to your site, I leave happy.
Thanks for that…
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You know about my feelings concerning B&B on the farmy, but the other two ideas are great as guests could just muck in with your routines/meals.
Christine
Yes i have taken your advice to heart, I would probably only rent the space out to friends of the farmy who want to get away for a few days and muck in as well and not just one night as you said.. I certainly don’t want to make more work for myself, still in the thinking stages! c
how about lodging and one meal a day in exchange for labour of 4-6 hours daily? I dream of travelling across the U.S. doing just that. Labour could be anything from painting to helping with haying, weeding to mending!
When you put your travel plans in place i would love to have you, Four hours help a day would change my LIFE! even if someone just cooked and cleaned and gardened.. imagine! c
See, this could work! I’ll look forward to contributing at the farmee. We are off to spend a year in Europe this September and then I’m thinking a year travelling N.A and then who knows? By then our nomadic lifestyle will be entrenched methinks!
Oh a year in europe! wonderful… c
I love Melissa’s idea of a writing retreat at the farm with chores for breaks and physical activity. I could teach writing practice at such a retreat (I’m a long-time student of Natale Goldberg with her blessing to teach). The north veranda is gorgeous and Chickpea too cute for words.