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  • February 5, 2014

    Sheila hates her diet so much she tried stealing the chook food.

    I am not sure if this is Pania again, too far away to see if she has the gap in her crown or not. But What is she doing up there again?  Probably trying to warm me about what I would find in the chook house. Sheila was in the chook house to steal their…

  • February 4, 2014

    Do you really want to live sustainably – self sufficiently?

    Sustainable is not only about food. It is also about lifestyle. Our house is heated by a wood stove. (We only use trees that have fallen in storms or been culled by farmers.)  This means that only one area of the house is heated, the rest is just .. well .. cold. I lay in…

  • February 3, 2014

    Ploughed out – again

    I still love the snow. But I am always grateful when I see the snow-plough rushing down our little gravel road clearing a path for me. Sunday yesterday. A quiet day. Look at this naughty big fat pig following me around bossing everybody about. Her wound from the boar bite is not looking too good,…

  • February 2, 2014

    Peahen on the Barn

    We had about three inches of snow yesterday, maybe more it is hard to judge. Then we had ice rain down on it, then it snowed again, then ice rained down on that. Then it got warm enough for the tops of the snow to melt a little, then it froze again. So by late…

  • February 1, 2014

    The snow stood still in the air.. thinking its little think

    The wind died  down yesterday. I don’t care how it died frankly, as long as it was gone. We all crept up out from behind our shelters, sniffing the air. The snow gently falling, in no hurry to go anywhere. Did you see Mama, she seldom comes out into the field nowadays. Preferring to stick…

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