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Fresh Air.
Tia is the sweetest calf. Both of these calves were hand raised with the kindest of people yet it is only Tia who, when she sees me, will quietly move in closer for a scratch. Tia and I have a real connection. I am entranced. I have a good feeling about this wee heifer and…
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Yesterday I lost one of Poppy’s piglets. She looked a bit off on Friday evening, stopped eating on Saturday, did not respond to the usual treatments and died yesterday morning. I don’t know. I take these things hard. She had no symptoms at all. No scours. No vomiting. No cough. But something was happening inside her. There…
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In-Heriting those ears
Txiki has inherited her ears from her red head mother. Txiki’s mother is Alex, the little red cow who looks like a shaggy mountain pony – Alex is spending time with Carlos the Tiny. Both are Dexters. Txiki (Alex’s daughter) is a cross between a Dexter and a low line Angus, she looks like a shiny…
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Oh No – Not Dreary!
John looked at this picture over my shoulder last night and said, you are not showing them that dreary photo are you? I said, when it is dreary the blog shows dreary. He is appalled. But if we don’t see the dreary side how can we possibly appreciate the sparkling side. I think there is a…
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A Nasty Day Ahead
Wind and Cold. It was windy all night and as I write on my disappearing keyboard (the letters are almost all gone again) the wind is howling outside and it is 20F/-6C. This does not include windchill. The windchill equation brings us down to 4F/-15C but I have no interest in that number! I have to…
The Kitchen's Garden 