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Moving Day
Yesterday I strung up the Plonkers new field. Then shifted the Solar Panel and earth rod and electrified it. Then took down their old fence and invited them across. .It takes patience to move pigs, they are always very hesitant to cross the line where the old electric wire was, then on the way down…
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Work in Mud
While the pigs get to play in mud and Boo lies by the fire (with incredibly ill grace) Ton and I are shifting fences and working on the West Barn Poppy broke out last night forcing gates and breaking through the electric fences then when she saw my truck coming up the lane she ran all…
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Bedrest for Boo
Yesterday it rained all day long – just a light drizzle really but a persistent one. The plonkers loved it. Rain means mud and easy digging. And it was not cold. Geraldine wears the rain with much more elegance. Can you see the raindrops on her feathers? Boo went to the vet and evidently his…
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The Cat and her Pig
I was taking photographs of the plonkers yesterday which is a challenging task as they are never still… … and with the sun being so low I needd to get myelf low to get a shot but the moment I lowered my hanches to the ground I was mobbed. So it was a frustrating business. I…
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Save your fivers
All my working life I have put coins in jars and fivers in a drawer. Every five dollar note that I touch is saved and I have jars of coins sitting in the corner waiting to be cashed in. And they are all cashed in when I begin to take my annual leave. And leave I…
The Kitchen's Garden 