Dinner is served every night at this table in the Coupe. We have come in from the covered verandah, it is a mite chilly in the evenings now. Our view is all corn.
The broiler chickens are nearing the end of their time here. I am pleased to report that they have grown slowly and surely on pasture. No leg problems. No obesity. Anytime the dogs come near, the chickens crowd over to see if they are edible. Only fair really.
They take about two and a half hours a day to manage with the constant shifting, though I have developed lovely arm muscles slinging the concrete blocks on and off the tarp four times a day. Next year I am going to design something more user friendly. Though this one is a very good size. This last shot is the ark all tucked up for the night with my strange assortment of make- shift walls, to keep out the cool breezes of the night. I am a draft worrier. Not a DAFT worrier, a DRAFT worrier.
The Duke of Kupa.
Do you want to see the view from the loft in the house? I took out the ceiling in the lounge room a couple of years ago and turned the attic into a big open loft with rooms at either end. But the view is all corn and more corn sounding like the wash of the receding tide on a stony beach.
Let’s walk back through the yards on our way to the house.
Then through the little half door into and out of the barn.
Tui and Pania.
And here we are gumboots off and at the windows of the loft in the top of the house, up the ladder to the loft which I am cleaning and setting up for my winter studio (it is right above the wood stove).
The North view (through a screen) . Sorry.
All corn. That is Queenie sat in the middle of the Dairy Mistress field. Hay Makers Field – screen right. Daisy’s Field – screen left.
And now out to the South. Oh MY! More Corn. For miles and miles and miles.
No screen on this window, it was blown off in a big storm last winter and as no-one noticed but me, I am not replacing it. This is the view from my winter studio. So we will be seeing more of this view. Once I get everything set back up.
Good morning. Today I start picking the apples for the apple cider crush on Saturday. First we will be going down the road to raid their tree. They have a lovely old barn. I will show you.
Have a lovely day.
Your friend on the farm, celi
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57 responses to “The View from the Coupe and the View from the Loft”
or maybe Daft Warrior 🙂 🙂 When do they bring in big Machinery to harvest that corn – feels later this year? Have another question can the chicken tractor not be left on one patch of grass for the day – seems like a lot of work, but they are looking good. So we planted sunflowers, nasturtiums and strawberries today! I’m running out of sun patches in the garden and ssshhh we are planting everything in flower beds – hoping the Body Corporate don’t notice ;). Laura
They are doing corn all over the area now so i guess within the next few weeks..They will just arrive one day! c
What a view! A dream for us to see ( I long to live that life but I am surely not very realistic) I’m sure a load of work for you 😉 I don’t know how you keep up with blogging and farming.
Thanks for sharing this refreshing way of living
That first picture would be at home on any novel. (have you considered doing that sort of thing?
Don’t know if this might be interesting to you or other artists/writers. Might be worth keeping tabs on it. – a WP blogger is the creative force with this: http://sunscribe.net/glad-you-found-us/)
Yes, it will be interesting to see how it goes! Thank you for the link Mouse.. c
Those pullets have really grown apace Your coupe really has fulfilled all you dreamed of for it. I hope when the matriarch moves in she is equally happy there.
I had a lovely day – the visit of some famous bloggers from Canada on a yearlong visit to France. I bet you can guess who!
Love,
Vx
A year long visit! I cannot guess, I am out of touch, how awful. I will come over to your blog and see if there are more clues there.. c
There will be tomorrow.
I loved your poem today, and look forward to tomorrow.. c
Yes, that first picture is a stunner. I love that lamp.
O Lord, increase my astonishment – you are one heck of a lady!
Lovely views, all, I especially like Ton lounging…but no doubt alert…. near the chickens. Any chance of a view of the inside of your winter studio?
Yes, as soon as i have it sorted .. it has been neglected over the summer.. it is a lovely sunny space in the winter.. and warmed by the fire.. toasty.. c
C. the views are beautiful…corny but beautiful! 🙂 Can you ask M. Frost for her poultry seasoning recipe? or Maybe if she sees this, she will write it out for all of us!
Those are some of the healthies chickens I have ever seen! Almost too pretty to eat! 🙂
she may see it, she is in and out, otherwise i shall send her an email and ask her, i am sure she would be thrilled to share.. she is just gorgeous.. c
I personally like the view to the north – and for a really good reason! I like the other views, too. Please post these pictures again after harvest is over.
I will carol, it will certainly be different.. c
“winter studio”…oh just the sound of those words are perfect for winter creating!
Love the view you have at the moment from your coupe dinner table! Wonderfully country relaxing. . . . So the broiler chooks have almost finished their days on the farmy: a brief life but that of Riley 🙂 ! And absolutely and totally organic: wonder how the final price on table would compare with what is available in the shops as you will have to pay for their end journey, plucking, packing etc . . . wonderful quality but cheaper . . .?
So far about 7.50 US a chook and that does not include my time, however there were a few set up costs factored in there.. and they are 1.90 to buy and 2.75 to process.. not bad though .. c
Thanks! Hope that answered a few other readers’ Qs also! The processing is less than I thought and I remembered the purchase price . . . it does not make the cheapest of meals, especially seeing the development of your muscles which has not been calculated, but I can just imagine [and dream of] the pasture-richness of the taste and its value in any body participating!!
Good food was not always as cheap as it is now.. meat has only recently become this cheap.. so it kind of makes sense.. c
It sure does!! We tend to forget that . . . ni-ni and thanks for the anwers . . .
🙂 and funny too!
Another lovely tour if the Farmy! You live in such a peaceful place. I think I will stare at the view from your table a while longer, pretending I am actually sitting there. I’ll be quiet. I promise.
Just curious, when you took out the ceiling and made the loft, did you insulate the attic ceiling? I would love to do that but then I’d have to find room for all the stuff that’s stashed up there!!
yep we insulated the ceiling, which is a cathedral ceiling now.. pictures in the works! c
Is it possible to put wheels on the base of the Ark?
(leaving the base low enough to deter feral scavengers from getting under and/or the chooks getting out during the night).
Perhaps an ark that has hinged shutters which can be lowered to form a sheltered roof at night and lifted back up to be hooked together with the other side during the daytime.
I have no knowledge of chook houses (only that of my Brother & SIL in the country). My SIL allows the chooks to run free during the daytime and they have a Patterdale Terrior to guard them from feral animals when they’re free.
There are wheels! it is not that bad, it is just the repetition that builds the muscles! And yes i am enjoying the design aspect of the next one! c