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Black Tulips
A steady pace kept us going all day. The Cadet and The Architect worked solidly on their projects. The gardens are clearing. Plants are being planted in anticipation of more rain. Many bedding plants were transplanted into the gaps discovered in the flower garden, herbs and cabbages and cucumbers planted in rows. For some reason we…
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Wanna Kiss?
“Come on, TonTon – Wanna calf kiss?.. I can give you a special slobbery one – Aunty said you would like one! She said to come play with you. She is tired.” TonTon is deeply unimpressed. Aunty Del giggles with her eyes closed. “Hmm … the world is a very flat place from down here..…
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Everything in its place
The Easter Chicks are more than happy where they are –but the Turkey House has happy meat chicks in it. Federico has finished The Turkey Brooder House with a circle of windows around the top, so the chicks are draft free down on the floor but well ventilated with pull up sections to let in sun and…
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The Turkey House
Yesterday it was raining so we moved to building the Turkey House. I call it the turkey house but really it is for the chicks as they transition to the pasture. Some of the chicks will be turkeys we hope. Today I will call and see where our turkey eggs are. Much to John’s relief Federico…
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The Kitchens Garden
Sometimes we forget that the Kitchen Gardens are just as vibrant and busy as the Kitchen’s Garden Farm with all its animals. Here I have big vegetable gardens and just as big is the flower garden. Big flower gardens are not usual out here on the prairies though most people have a vegetable garden. The borders are…
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Route 66 Day
Yesterday we went for a Sunday drive on Saturday – along Route 66. A number of towns along Route 66, which is just 30 minutes from here, hosted what they called the Route 66 Red Carpet Corridor or something like that. And as the day was sunny and still and all the animals were settled and sleeping on the…
The Kitchen's Garden
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