They say it takes a village to raise a child – it seems it takes a postal route to raise a kitten. This was delivered to my mail box yesterday. Or it may have been the day before yesterday. Today Our John and I were debating whether it was Wednesday or Thursday. Ah well I am here. You are here .. all good! Anyway here is how to make cat treats courtesy of the Postmistress!
Very popular with everyone! Thank you, Connie. When these have run out I will have a go at making my own.
Yesterday was cold again. Oh there is a surprise.
All the big birds and a goodly number of sparrows are hiding inside the barn out of the terrible arctic winds eating the pigs oats and barley.
Can you remember back to the end of summer when I took those shots of our Wood Shed, I call it the Wendy House, and it was loaded with wood. (I just spent quite some time looking back, lost in the summer images from the farmy, looking for the woodshed picture but no luck, however I do feel warmer and a little in awe of the wonderland I get to work in when the summer comes. )
Well we are getting very low on fire-wood and I am told that February is usually colder than January. Yikes.
Well I don’t have anything exciting to tell you today. Queenie’s face has been licked clean by Daisy but Queenie is too short to reach Daisy’s face, so we are going to have to wait for a thaw to clean the molasses off her head.
The dogs are going stir crazy because it has been too cold to go for a good walk, but I think we get up in the 20’s today so we should be able to get down the back and run off some steam.
The sheep are doing what they do but Meadow made an odd grunt when she got up yesterday afternoon which made me raise my head. But she is not doing anything unusual so I will watch her closely. I have no idea when she is due but not for a while yet by the look of her.
The Plonkers go to the abbatoir at the end of this month so they have been given the trailer to get used to boarding. Once they are gone my extra feed costs will lower dramatically. I hate having to buy in feed. Sheila lives mostly on people food.
I will go and see Sheila again today, take her some milk and eggs, she must be missing her usual food.
I hope you have a lovely day. As uneventful as mine would be nice too!
Your friend on the farmy,
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
40 responses to “Thank you Post Mistress: How to make cat treats.”
I feel guilty using so much wood here, where we are not having real cold, just real damp. I’ve got to order more and we’ve already used 8 cu.mtrs. At least it’s the only heating cost that we have.
I will miss the plonkers but I love bacon so I have to face reality. So sorry you have been so cold for so long. When will Sheila be back?
Sheila will be back the day after she is bred, but first she has to come into heat, no sign of that so far.. it may take a few weeks.. c
Alright. You are the most patient person I have ever heard of. 🙂
I’m sure Sheila is have a great time just figuring out which boar is the one she likes the most. Why hurry, it’s so nice to be courted!
Linda
http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com
Tell Sheila we all miss her. She will love some eggs and milk, too. You are such a good mom to all your animals. Love the way chickens look when they are all fluffed up keeping warm. One of our roosters went after my husband yesterday….he will be in the pot soon. Not good to peck the hand that feeds him. He has a sharp beak and actually drew blood.
What a nice postmistress you have, Celi! I will try this for my kitties too!
My postmistress is not talking to me at the moment. She loves my geese and always stops to talk to them. Well, the other day she asked Bob where Georgie was, and with no notion of her attachment to them, he quipped: “We ate him, and he was delicious!” She doesn’t appreciate that Georgie was mean and quarrelsome, nor understand the fact that we have a working farm ethic, even if it is only a Farmlet. Sigh.
Oh NO! Don’t upset your postmistress! c Ah well.. c
It’s rather alarming to see the wood pile almost gone. I guess there’s no way of getting more wood now that snow covers everything. Do hope you can stay warm. Here we are still waiting for summer to arrive and the winds to stop.
The whole world must be howling with wind.. you must get your fair share up above the bay like that.. c
Well, your animals seem to be more than spoiled [fancy Sheila getting specials from home 🙂 !] but I surely do not like that small amount of firewood left . . . I know how much heating costs me in winter and we have no winter to speak of compared to you, BUT [to my way of thinking] health is more important than wealth . . . I cannot afford a $A800 and increasing 3-monthly electricity bill for each of the winter quarters and there is only me . . . No worries about that today ~ a wonderful weekend watching cycling in the Tour Down Under in South Australia – daytimeTV is an utter luxury for me – begins in 1 hour, so hoping my darling Cadel Evans can hold on 😀 !!!!
I would have a cardiac arrest if my electricity bill came to that!
The temp is up here today 12 I think! but the wind is howling like a banshee so it feels much colder. Next week will be worse yet I hear. Fortunately our wood pile is still pretty big but we’re going through it like Sherman through Georgia! Let’s hope for an early (WARM) spring. Hard to believe it’s not even Feb. yet. I actually had to come look at this computer to see what day it was today. Both of us being retired it’s the first thing we ascertain in the morning – exactly what day IS it! Keep warm, hang in there, spring has to come. (I ordered all my seeds yesterday so it better)
Yes, I have been looking at the lists of chickens to buy this year too. maybe orpingtons?.. c
Buff Orphingtons are a nice, large quiet breed. I have been looking at them, too. I need some broody hens….maybe a few Cochins. Where do you get your chickens?
Everybody is a little stir crazy here – the dogs, the husband, me!
The tuna cat treats sound easy enough, and I imagine they do like them. Sheila will be so happy to see you with her milk and eggs.
I am throwing my two cents worth of lambing prediction for your consideration. I go by the udder size to predict the number of weeks or days until lambing. My sheep hate my exploring hand as I unceremoniously, but gently reach down to inspect first visually then with my hand. So here it is: a little swelling around the teats predicts 6 weeks, an udder starting to fill my cupped hand (small hand) about 4 weeks, overflowing my hand a bit is 3 weeks. The actual day is typical of the books with a tight udder, protruding teats, swollen vulva etc. I hope this helps, and that you have an uneventful lambing. I will be trying that great recipes for cat treats too. Thanks for a great read that I enjoy every day. I have a small farm and am the sole guardian of it all, with Highland cows, sheep, goats, donkeys, working/non-working doggies, and one lone cat!
Thank you. I also inspect, as they hop and jump, but only visually. I shall have a proper look at Meadow this morning. Though I will have to be quick! So far I can see nothing at all. I will follow your method and see what I can predict. You have a lovely collection of animals. That will keep you busy. The other day someone said to me you are a great farmers wife. I Laughed. Actually I am the Farmer I said! Thank you again… c
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