Author: Cecilia Mary Gunther
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LET’S SEE WHAT WE’VE GOT
YESTERDAY I took a few hours off from the farm to go and have lunch with a friend. I don’t do this often as you know and I never know what I am going to be dealing with on my return. I left the Poppy’s big door open to the weather so she did not get…
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FROM SNOW TO GROW
I am moving quickly with this blog post this morning as my old laptop is sending ominous flickering warnings. The screen keeps blacking on and off. Last night I backed up all the pictures. I am surprised it even came on this morning. This is the WRONG time of the year for major purchases. But…
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WONT SEE THIS OFTEN
I was not going to post this morning. I like to take one day off from the blog a week – I I give myself a wee sleep in. But then yesterday afternoon I saw this. This is a milestone in WaiWai’s recovery. You need to see this.
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SIX WARM PIGLETS
If you were hanging out in the Kitchen’s Garden Lounge of Comments yesterday you would have read that a piglet was lost in that first cold night. I found him dead on Poppy’s side of their quarters. Being the Lady Pig Farmer is not always easy. All our focus these first few days is keeping…
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PORCINE SLEEP DEPRIVATION
When I was a Mum of little babies I used to moan my arse off about having no sleep. Baby got me up TWICE or even God Help Us FOUR times in the night. I would cry. Poppy the sow feeds her piglets every hour – almost ON the hour. But she does it with her…
The Kitchen's Garden 