Author: Cecilia Mary Gunther
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Shifting Pigs
The girls and I finished cleaning out the barn yesterday. I have to admit it was a couple of days of heavy work. But in the end all the dirty straw was piled down the back in a new compost heap. It was steaming! And Sheila and Poppy have been moved back into their winter quarters…
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Books and Chicks
The Books are Here! (Well, Half the books are here due to a wee mix up at the printers but I am sure they will do their best to fix up this error today and hopefully send them asap. Melissa my copilot is onto it and will let us know how that is going.) However…
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I was going to leave …
… the calves out in their fields last night. Everything seemed calm over there at the big barn across the way. Local dogs being good. Local dogs owners making sure of it. Then as I brought them in last night I saw the fresh HEAD of a small animal laying in the grass. It was pale. And…
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The Kitchens Triangle
Kitchen, Garden, Table. There is a lot of canning going on right about now. They call it canning in America. In New Zealand we call this bottling. Though neither makes sense when the food is put in JARS – so it should be called JARRING. So, there has been a lot of jarring going on…
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Early mornings
There is a slight chill in the air in the early mornings now. Though it has NOTHING to do with the approach of autumn. Just a slight dip in temperatures that is all. Summer will come back. My early morning walk over to see the calves is turning into my favourite part of the day……
The Kitchen's Garden 