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  • October 5, 2013

    How a dog breaks the shell of an egg

    Daisy is  a tall cow.  Every day Boo gets an egg straight from the chook house.  He will throw it up into the air so it will break when it falls and I tried to get this shot. Often it takes three or four throws. But my attention wandered for an instant and he was…

  • October 4, 2013

    visitors, burlap bags, pigs bottoms, lightening in the skies, where do I begin

    Yesterday Camera house caught Daisy showing you how she backs slowly through the burlap bags dislodging flies. Very slowly. Gently swaying through the lightest of brushes. Flies gone.  Not perfect. But she is after all. A Cow. We have a visitor come to stay.  The Matriarch has gone to Georgia with Our John, so I…

  • October 3, 2013

    Going Walkies … and then back again.

    This is how I know it is time to go walkies, the top step  by the red door is crowded with dogs. They try desperately to appear patient but it is a losing game. The Big Dog elected to stay on the porch though. He was a bit tired yesterday. We walked South along the…

  • October 2, 2013

    The Omnivore’s Farm

    Things are starting to wind down on the farmy in some ways. And wind up in others. The bulk of the apples and tomatoes and vegetables are in jars and in the cellar. The pears and apples are next in the crusher, not quite yet though. I have a lot of picking to do yet.…

  • October 1, 2013

    The Last of September – What I learnt from the Challenge.

    For the last meal of the Home Grown September Challenge we had roast lamb slathered in a yogurt, lavender and garlic paste.  Roasted baby pumpkin, roasted beets, roasted shallots tossed in rosemary and hot butter and a huge green salad with an olive oil, cider vinegar and fresh rosemary dressing. All home grown. Today the…

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