I still love the snow. But I am always grateful when I see the snow-plough rushing down our little gravel road clearing a path for me.
Sunday yesterday. A quiet day.
Look at this naughty big fat pig following me around bossing everybody about. Her wound from the boar bite is not looking too good, so I shall call the vet today. You will remember that one of the things I learned last year was not to leave the vet as a last resort – to treat him as part of our team. Albeit a very expensive part of the team.
The only colour on the property now is in the sky and on Sheila’s nose.
You might be able to make out the depth of our garden path. It is now a garden canyon. Single file only.
Good morning. It will be cold this week with more snow forecast for Tuesday but maybe it will not be much.
Oh and the first litter of Kunekune piglets are on the ground. All well, they are so tiny and so colourful. We will know soon whether there is one for me in this group. There is a picture of them on my Farmy FaceBook page courtesy of the Bob the Breeder.
I hope you all have a lovely day.
Your friend on the farmy
celi
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59 responses to “Ploughed out – again”
looks like sheila was making her snowrounds with you, greeting all her farmy comrades.
so glad to see the big fat pig is home again. [not that i think she is fat….she’s a pig….it’s simply a descriptive term….]
I know, I call her that too, it is a term of endearment.. but just to be safe and to help with her heat she is on a strict diet.. c
Too much snow is snow fun!
Do you have access to a powder called Cicatrin without prescription? We have found it to be a wonderful vet replacement for wounds on animals and have not had to back up with antibiotics, even though the literature warns one may need to.
I shall look for it, I can’t remember the name of the powder I use but usually it works well, The problem of course was the top layer was freeze dried.. ick.. c
Love the picture of Daisy and Sheila having a little gossip over the fence 🙂 Hope your road stays clear and safe for you, and that Sheila’s leg heals quickly. Laura
That was rather a cute shot, everything is very gentle on the farm at the moment.. c
looks like Sheila is glad to be home. i hope there is no problems with the injury to her shoulder glad the human breeding isn’t as rough. 🙂 i’d have a lot less kids
The wild pigs seem happy, if the explosion of feral pigs in Texas? is anything to go by.. morning mike.. c
You don’t say what the problem is with the wound. By all means talk to the vet, but in the meantime, a honey poultice is a very traditional method of closing wounds that won’t heal, and it won’t hurt Madame if she decides it works better for her as a snack… And cold weather is not good for wound healing either. I’m sure the bees could spare a little honey for Sheila? Isn’t odd how beautifully smooth and soft snow looks, until you actually make contact with it, and find it’s cold, and hard, and sharp!
Oh what a good idea Kate, the straw where she sleeps will be the biggest problem,but it is clean, she cannot reach her haunches, pigs don’t clean themselves. they scratch on posts, sometimes but generally they just stay dirty.. etc..yes i think this deep freezing cold is probably a big problem, but I am very grateful for no flies. c
Sheila’s nose, yes, and such a gorgeous nose it is, too! Good morning to you and the farmy, c.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a happy pig 😉
Poor Sheila, seems it will take her a while to get over her first close encounter with a Boar! She has a lovely pink nose though. Almost like a shade of lipstick we wore back in the 60’s!!
Raining here today, loads of rain. And because the ground still hasn’t thawed it is just running in rivers and streams through my back garden. I laughed when you described your one track path. I have the same in my back yard, except they are one track mud (and now water) paths from the dogs, Funny how they always tread the same path over and over as they make their way to where ever they are going.
Hugs Lyn
Sheila does have a very rosy pink nose..I do hope that her Injury will be ok and not become infected..you never know what germs these old boars might have
I wonder if I will be able to make a snow angel one day…
Have a super day and good week ahead.
🙂 Mandy xo
I wore lipstick the shade of Sheila’s nose in the 80’s. And the 80’s (according to the Super Bowl Ads) are ‘IN’….
Happy Monday to all….
Only 45 days to the spring equinox! WE CAN MAKE IT!!!!
I’m glad you all had a quiet day yesterday. Snow is quiet, but wind is noisy, so I suppose your bendy tree winds have left you alone for a bit.
Love, ViVx
yes it is quiet, cold but no wind, this morning I arranged my new wool hat under the hood of my jacket which worked really well. The hattie keeps my face very warm as well as my head.. a wonderful design, the scarf arrangement was tucked around my neck under my jersey.. perfick.. thank you again viv.. c
Oh Sheila Pink Nose! What an adorable picture. I know she is glad to be back on the Farmy andn hopefully the wound will heal up quickly. I was showing the hubby the pictures and telling him about the altercation with the boar and he asked if you gave her chocolate ice cream after the break up as that is what a lot of “girls” do after they have a failed romance. I told him I didn’t think it had gotten far enough into the relationship. 🙂
Tim wants to know exactly how cold you are. Celsius appreciated as we live in that crazy part of the world who thought it was a good idea to change to celcius when our closest partner, USA was Fahrenheit
Tell Tim my computer tells me that this minute is -11F which in celcius is -23C.. though there is no wind again today (so far) so it really is not too bad, I told John that if i had a warmer set of gloves (I wear two at a time as it is) I could stay out much longer..but my hands hurt.. how about you.. you must be pretty cold too up there. c
Here’s what you need, Celi. I used them when I lived in Budapest and they aren’t bulky, just warm: http://www.fleetfarm.com/detail/Grabber-20-Pk.-Hand-Warmers/0000000024973?utm_source=googleps&utm_medium=shopping%2Bsearch&utm_campaign=google%2Bproduct%20search&gslfah&gclid=CLmc7LSgsLwCFTCCQgodBV4APg
What a brilliant idea, Mary. I’ll be ordering these as well for our industrial strength winter months. Thankyou so much for that tip.
You’re very welcome. I found those life-savers many years ago on a California ski trip when my feet and hands were so miserably cold I hated the whole trip and everyone involved. Those little warmers have seen me through 20 km. nordic ski trails, waiting at bus stops in Norway and standing on frozen stone altars to sing Christmas carols in Switzerland and France.
Actually just the other day Chris sent me something like this and I have some microwaveable ones from Viv in france.. they made milking through the cold last year bearable.. thank you mary.. c
We have had a much colder winter and longer than we usually have here in southern Ontario. First snow often comes in late December, this year it was early November and our temperatures have been we low as -25 as well. We had a huge ice storm which resulted in no power for three days fortunately we have a generator to get water to the pigs and cows. This week we get balmy -10. Being outside so much is tough and I admire you for your life style choices.
Keep warm. Faye
I do wish someone with a plow THAT size did my little road…Hubby’s out of town, and the white stuff is falling again this morning…and tomorrow night. One of the neighbors says he’s going to plow when it starts piling up…fingers crossed he does!
If attitude counts for anything in the healing process, Our Girl should be as Pink as her nose in no-time flat! Off to deal with a sick dog this morning – Rufus ate something that isn’t agreeing with him at all…