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Grazing pigs
The grass is fantastic for this time of year. In fact we are going to be thinking about cutting hay as soon as the weather settles. And the pigs love it when the grass is long and tasty. Sheila and TonTon. Sheila my darling pig. I must ask Federico to take a picture of me…
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The Turkey Project
At last the turkey eggs have arrived. These are Spanish Black Turkey eggs. A very old heritage turkey. In fact one of the oldest. The eggs came in the post and even though I ordered eight the very nice man sent me nine. So we have one more chance of getting it right. I also included…
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Gardening with Cats
I have never met a cat who did not love to garden. There was no rain yesterday so Federico and I gardened and gardened and gardened. And the cats gardened and gardened and gardened too. But on the inside. Kim and Alison that shot was for you. You know first hand the determined dogged, dogging with…
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Permanence – there isn’t any..
You know how you think about stuff as you work. Well, the idea of permanence has been wandering about in my head. How I have this list of stuff that I want to do and then when it is all done I have this idea that the I will be DONE and then things will be good…
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Mud, Mud, Mud.
Our feet are growing webs. The rain has rained for days now, maybe weeks – on and off – On and off. The land drinks it all up in between squalls. I feel bad for California – you would think that osmosis would enable some of this water to creep across the country. Because we…
The Kitchen's Garden 