Pania and Tui.
Posing for the paparrazi. Signatures later! Maybe.
Lots of flat-out farm work again yesterday. Working on the little hoop house, and bringing in as much produce as is left in the gardens, tonight it is meant to freeze down to 35F (1.6C) so it a race against time. Who knows if the tomatoes will survive that anyway. But I will put the tarp back on as well for an extra layer of insulation.
And look who was following me. 
We had a proper vets appointment yesterday. Marmalade Cat weighs just under 9 oz, his heart is good, he is well hydrated and tried to eat the vets thumb right off when the man offered him a meaty treat, he is on antibiotics for a bowel infection. The noisy fella is looking good. The vet (who is not my lady vet -the Lady Vet handles the Big animals) said he looks between two and three weeks old. Even younger than we thought.
And doing exceptionally well for his age. He loves to be outside.
Which is good, because so do we.
Good morning. Already by this morning the Little Marmalade Cat’s medicine seems to be taking effect and he is not crying as much and doing better physically. He chuffs around the floor without stopping, only really happy when he can see Boo. As I write he is climbing up onto Boo’s head.
Today will be more cleaning of the barn, and when my next sheet of plastic comes I will finish the greenhouse, though it is raining outside this morning so that will be a damp task. And I do have to move the pigs electric fence, and shift Daisy and Queenie into Pats Paddock. Which means I need to move the sheep that are already in there. Thank goodness for my big Wet and Dry coat.
I hope you have a lovely day.
your friend, celi
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71 responses to “Peahens on the Catwalk, Kitten in the Garden”
So cold so soon!
I’m glad that Marmalade is doing well 😉
I have no experience with newborn kits but I thought they were very young not even two weeks. Lovely twosome, that Marmalade and Boo.
How do you move Daisy. She seems to be a gal with a mind if her own.
You are right about Daisy, .. I just call her and she comes. Then she follows me to wherever she is going, often taking detours but when she sees the next open gate she is right through. Nosy cow!
Our ‘freeze’ is tomorrow night, so have to pick the tomatoes that are still green and see if i can redden them off in the GH. Although my peppers are still going, I have so many stored now, I won’t mind if they don’t make it. To be honest I am glad it is going to get down in the digits it hopefully will kill off/prevent any more flippin caterpillars on my greens! My back is sore from stooping over and picking the darn things off and feeding them to the chickens!
Question Celi, do you have a natural remedy for ear mites? Shelly is having trouble with one of her ears, which I am cleaning gunk out of every evening. Looked at the ear mite medication at Tractors Supply and it had all sorts of warnings on it about being a pesticide, worried the life out of me thinking of pouring it in her ear!!
Years ago we had a spaniel with mites and Pa poured olive oil in her ear, then cleared it all out later on, the mites cannot breathe when covered in oil and will die. I hate the smell of mites. I do the same when those nasty red mites that appear on the chickens feet sometimes, I dip their legs in oil every day .. but it works. I hope that helps.. c
My dad used to do this with our dogs and rabbits. I does work very well!
Thanks my friends I will certainly try this!
I agree with Celi! Now don’t laugh! I had a bug in my ear and we are 45 mins. away from the city and my doctor!!! So I put warm olive oil in my ear and kept my head in a sideways position and drowned the critter!!! He came out when I flushed it out with warm water in the shower! Oh what a fright for someone like me who hates anything crawly! How I pull ticks off is a matter of extreme fear for survival!!!! Ugh! Yeck! LOL
Lyn…I also carry a small stool to sit on when picking and dead heading my flowers! It sure saves my back! Okay…shoot me now for my free advice! Ouch! I’m bad…I know… 😉
Mere I have raised beds and no room for stools LOL. Raised beds are great but unless built 4 foot high, still gives the back a work out!!
I love that look on Boo’s face…it really says it all!
Linda
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C-I’m really not blogging much anymore but I will follow the farmy as long as you are posting. Your blog is a treat every single day. I can’t believe how tiny that kitten must be. Whenever I have had kittens they were so small and they weighed a pound! You are amazing and I’m so glad that Boo gets to keep one of his kitties. xo
Thank you for following, that is wonderful, he sure is a tiny wee thing but makes up for it with a big voice!.. c
Comes with motherhood…sigh…love me anyway? 😀
Of course darling.. c
Muah! Big lip smack on the cheek! 😀
I am glad that Marmalade is doing better. What a sweet relationship between her and Boo.
Oops, I meant HIM and Boo. Stay warm today! Since I live so close to the farm, I know what the weather is like today.
Getting clearer now! Which is such a relief.. c
Yes, the sun is out! Yay! 🙂
A strange and wonderful relationship between Boo and the Kitten. I’m so glad that you have chosen to share it with us, and even more glad that you are feeling better, Celi!
The kitten puppy photo is adorable! It reminds me of those old Looney Toons cartoons with Marc Anthony the bulldog carrying around a kitten!
First thing every morning now I check to see how Nanny Boo and kitten are doing. We have had freezing nights for almost a month now (20 degrees or less). Not much of a growing season up here, even with a greenhouse. Your tomatoes look beautiful. I am saving all the Boo and kitten pictures in a folder to look at again and again. Yep, amazing you are
I wish I had half your energy!
Even Boo looks like he’s relaxed enough show a little weariness.
Until something crops up to shake our routine we often don’t realize how even if it’s busy day to day life has its own rhythms and familiarity which we work with efficiently.
Seeing little surviving marmalade kitten is good therapy for the grief of losing the others. Thank you.