An Easterly wind blew hard all night long. This meant I closed the chickens big door and also Molly’s big Easterly facing door. Temperature and wind are my greatest allies and enemies. Sometimes all at the same time. But wind is the worst. Little animals can take some pretty awful temperatures but it is the wind that does the harm. In my opinion. 
The gale that blew all night is part of another winter system that is sweeping the Midwest of the Northern Americas. Lucky for us we are just getting the wind. The cold comes next I guess. 
Below is Sheila – she is getting used to the Trailer field but has pointed out some holes in her roof. I have a plan Sheila!
Last night ( you might have seen on the blogs sister Instagram account cecilia_thekitchensgarden ) have quickly learnt to put themselves to bed in their new Quack House. There are only fourteen ducks now. Yesterday I got thirteen eggs. They have only one drake with them now. The mink killed two of the drakes in the attack. I can only imagine that they came out fighting makes me sad but proud of the birds – protecting their flock. I am glad Boo killed that Bastard Mink and now incredibly grateful for their new Lock-Up. 
All the baby piggies asleep in house number two- the barrel. Every litter is different and this group are small yet shiny and friendly but still have not gone down into their garden. As usual this is probably because of a combination of factors – one being that their Mum is not going far. Another being the common breeze. Babies do not like wind. 
You can see the weather in last nights sky. 
Yesterday Sergio at The Mill had a spill of grain while loading so as well as the three buckets of quite amazing vegetables from the restaurant and a pallet of bran that did not meet the high standards of the mill, I came home with two bags of wheat to sprout. That is a good days work!! My vegetarian pigs eat well!
I heard some of you are even being snowed on again. Merciful heavens. Our last frost date is April 16 I think or maybe April 23 – I should look that up – so even though it appears that all bets are off weather wise we must be nearing the end of the cold threats. This has been a messy spring.
I hope you have a lovely day.
Celi
May as well look at the forecast.
The Kitchen's Garden 
42 responses to “BLOWING LIKE THE DICKENS”
I’m doing well when people are getting more snow! We had some thunder over the last couple of days and a water spout, but the temperature here is about 16ºC on average. The bar is on track to open by Easter…
Those poor drakes did a good job defending their flock!
Easter will be be a marvelous date for an opening. So exciting
I finally have full internet again, although it seems a bit slower than in the old house. Catching up properly and looking at the IG stuff; what gorgeous little chubby porkers fast asleep and growing fat. I’m loving that you’re getting fringe benefits with your mill job, and such perfect, absolutely useful ones – that job was a brilliant find. Your weather sounds brutally cold and uncomfortable; here, I’m breathing sighs of relief that our temps are now in the late 20s Celsius instead of late 30s, and rain is becoming more of a pleasant, occasional feature instead of a permanent warm downpour.
Yes! There was an element of method in my madness when I announced to my friend ( and tenant) the mill owner that I was coming to work for him. And there is so much to do! I thought I might do a few hours here and there but so far it is every day ! And the team is great – very small but good people
Hi, love all your photos. I visited awhile ago and mentioned I was starting a photography blog. You mentioned to let you know when I got it going. So it is up, I think, intothelightadventures.com. Thank you for your blogs. I enjoy reading them.
Hi again, I enjoy your photos and blog post, I just sent a note, and not sure if it went through. I said hello to you awhile ago, and you mentioned to let you know when I finally goy my blog up and running. Well I have, having fun trying to figure it all out. But you mentioned to let you know when I did. I appreciate that. I am not sure if anyone can actually see it. intothelightadventures .com I enjoy your blogs , thank you.
Oh that is treat Sandra. The best way to gain exposure is to do this. Take your blog for a walk every day and visit other blogs leaving comments. This way we can see and visit you! I will pop over now.
Thank you Cecilia, there are so many good blogs out there. I sure enjoy it.
The pictures tell the story well,. My favorite is the cows (sorry,friends, forgot your namrs) at the hay bale wind break, looking a bit concerned, and the off-colored sky behind them. Here’s hoping the Easterly wind returns transformed as a blessed gentle breeze on Easter.
I’m not a fan of wind either … it sure can be destructive. Rotten minks … but that new enclosure is fabulous! I was just showing hubby 🙂
Your baby piglets are adorable. :3 It’s getting warmer where we live thank the heavens! 😀