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Hey! HAY!
The sweet scent of hay in my barn. And it was not rained on. Finally I am beginning to stop fretting about getting enough hay in for the winter. Yesterday we loaded all the hay we bought on the weekend into the barn. We now have another seventy two bales that were baled yesterday ready to go…
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train delays
Tomoyo missed her first train last night and the second one was horribly delayed. This happens often with the railway system here. So we did not get home until way too late and now I have over slept and poor you have a shortened version of yesterday. John had the day off yesterday so he picked up my…
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Hay is Down
Today the hay man came and mowed the hay down, something a hay man is wont to do. I will rake it in a couple of days and then he will return to bale it. All we need is a few days of dry weather. It is interesting being a woman farmer – I employ a…
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The sweetcorn is ready
John anticipates this day all year, it comes in a close second to the Bacon Lettuce and Tomato season (which is imminent). Finally the big pot of boiling water is on the stove and we are all (pigs, chickens, cows and dogs as well) munching on cobs of hot corn dripping in home made butter…
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My Pig and I
It was hot yesterday. Humid and hot. All the animals and birds used as little energy as possible and rested in cool spots. Any animal with access to the barn got a fan. Especially Poppy and her piglets. Sheila was limpiing yesterday and as she has spent months in the mud now I had to…
The Kitchen's Garden 