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SO HERE IS THE THING
My family at home in New Zealand are having some troubles so I am selling cows and pigs as fast as I can so I can fly home next week.
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INTERMITTENT
My posts will be intermittent for a wee while. Events beyond my control will be claiming my loving attention elsewhere.
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PINCH AND A PUNCH
AS kids, a Pinch and a Punch for the First of the Month brought great and terrible delight. Little girls shrieking, giddy with release, naughtiness, our innate cruelty acceptable for just this moment, at being allowed to pinch and punch and “NO RETURNS” just this once. Hard. No-one ever does a pinch and a punch…
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SHIFTING
To move a mob of pigs takes a lot of preparation. (Unlike a break-out that takes no preparation at all). The Six had finished their smaller sunflower field and were ready to take on the big one. I had been holding off while the biggest and latest sunflower field reached maturity. I want these pigs…
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NOTHING LIKE A GOOD BREAK-OUT!
Usually everything is pretty calm at this time of year. Until it is not. We all go about our business hoping the feed will hold out. Worrying about rain. Counting eggs, checking gates, checking feed and generally just poddling about. Until we get a break out. I grow the plonkers up to around 200…
The Kitchen's Garden 