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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…
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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.…
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From morning ’til night
Queenie Wineti’s eye is all better and she has been allowed back out into the field with Daisy, though she is still sticking close to the barn cleaning up the last of her food. You can see the bag of DE that hangs above their feeding car boot. They knock it with their faces and…
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Ladybird Wine
With a sudden-ness that happens sometimes (often), when one is juggling more than three balls, (I’ve stopped counting) the wine grapes went from imminent to ‘Pick me right now’! These grapes are a Vidal Blanc and this is our third vintage. I only have 12 vines and I have decided this year that I need…
The Kitchen's Garden 