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Peachicks and sunflowers
Yesterday while working in the barn I heard a chirping that sounded both out of place and at the same time familiar. It was the chirp of an emerging peachick. I was sure of it. I climbed up the ladder to the loft to check Mrs Flowers but she was giving nothing away. Maybe tomorrow we…
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Living and Breathing
My shadows, the dogs, and I powered through the day yesterday. Everyone was living and breathing. It was a good and tiring day. We are getting the fields ready for the great reshuffle. Poppy is coming out today and Little and maybe Bobbi (if I can find some help) will be getting a wee field…
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How to make Ricotta Salata
I love Ricotta Salata and had not have thought of making it until Amanda found a recipe and gave it a go. Now it is going to be a staple cheese around here. You can make this with pasteurised milk that you buy at the supermarket. So no excuses about not having a cow!. I Heat 2…
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Pigs in Mud.
It was a gloriously hot day yesterday. The heat does not bother me as long as I have my heat stroke smoothies for lunch. But all the pigs were swimming in mud. I took the hose around and gave them lots of wetness to lay about in. Sheila looks more and more like a rhinoceros…
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What makes you strong?
What gives you that last ounce of strength? What makes you reach for the impossible and win? What gives us the ability to tap that secret cache of power we all hold. What enables us to survive. To push through when the odds are so stacked against us it feels like hail in our faces. My friend,…
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Intelligent Dogs
From four O’clock on, Ton sits next to Lady Astor and Aunty Del , who were very laid back all day yesterday, he is in whatever field they are – his little black ears like mickey mouse ears sticking up above the long summer grasses. He did this with Daisy too. He knows milking time is…
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