Author: Cecilia Mary Gunther
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how not to put up an electric fence
First … ditch the help! I had Blue and his Mouth who thought it was a great lark to play with the wires. “You should have waited for the men” says The Big Dog. “Sod that” says Author, back on form, minus a uterus and following me everywhere. Hmm, say Miss C, it seems we…
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Pigs will be Pigs
Sheila loves her bath. I do apologise for the angle but she made me laugh out loud! Raising a pig is loaded with fun. Charlotte loves water too. They wriggle and mud-about then stand and shake like dogs, their ears clapping against their heads, causing the real dogs and I to run for our lives…
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The scents of spring help soften the hard decisions.
Thing One on the walk, ruffed by the wind. Tulips. Mia and two Murphys. It is going to be a short year for pasture, we are still recovering from two dry years. And to be truly sustainable I can only run a very small flock of sheep. After that the land suffers. So the lambs…
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The scents of spring help soften the hard decisions.
Thing One on the walk, ruffed by the wind. Tulips. Mia and two Murphys. It is going to be a short year for pasture, we are still recovering from two dry years. And to be truly sustainable I can only run a very small flock of sheep. After that the land suffers. So the lambs…
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Blue takes it upon himself to work the sheep.
This week, all things being equal, we shall have a roof and the siding done on The Coupe. I hope! I am trying SO HARD to be patient. Blue has been very carefully helping Ton put the naughty Murphy back in his paddock each time we walk down by the creek. Yesterday he even finished…
The Kitchen's Garden 