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  • October 19, 2015

    Keep on Growing

    Keep on Growing

    The Plonkers are growing so fast- They are gorgeous healthy animals so far, touch wood, etc. In fact they might be growing too fast but already there are less eggs being collected because of the season and Lady Astor is dropping her production on schedule so that will influence their diets considerably. I hope to have…

  • October 17, 2015

    The Fire is burning

    The Fire is burning

    We have lit the fire. But just for a few days. Last night and tonight are down below freezing. But then after the cold has killed off all my favourites (though the tomatoes are finished anyway and I picked the last of the aubergine and capsicums  yesterday – I knew tomatoes were part of the…

  • October 16, 2015

    Nothing like I thought they would be

    Nothing like I thought they would be

    I said to Mad yesterday, in a comment, that the Spanish Black Turkeys are nothing like I thought they would be. I thought they would quietly slope about like a peacock. Roost in the same place every night like all the other birds. I thought they would sit in the trees and being such a…

  • October 15, 2015

    More eyes

    More eyes

    My favourite time – well one of my favourite times – of the farm day, is the late evening – after dinner when all the dishes are newly washed and barely  dried, resting in their warm stacks (I have given up on having a dishwasher – they just do not last  with my electric shocking hands)…

  • October 14, 2015

    Only one Rule

    Only one Rule

    You have to excuse my post titles. The Rule is that The Title has to be the first thing that comes to my poor beleaguered mind. This is Naomi (Lady Astors daughter) and the Header is Sheila with her walnut nose. When the pigs eat walnuts their noses go orange! Hugo and I were discussing rules…

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