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And then there were four.
The two piggies I have sold were loaded Into the Stock Trailer without any problems and young Red Hat Matt and his lovely wife came to collect them. I feel much heartened after meeting her because these pigs have been raised by a woman and are used to the constant chat from a woman’s voice…
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Piglets leave home and Day One of the Home Grown September Challenge.
Today, Red Hat Matt, one of the American builders who worked on The Coupe, is coming back to pick up his two piglets. He has bought the gilt (female) and one of the little barrows (castrated male) as company for her. So I am training them to like the Black Mariah that he will borrow…
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Old Man Wind Brings The Challenge.
The hay man came a day early to bale the hay (the rain clouds were gathering) but it was not dry. It was green. Too green. So with my heart in my mouth I said maybe we can look at it again tomorrow. Maybe it would not rain. The fella sighed with relief. He had…
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Periscope Pig
Sheila lives in the Corridor Paddock and sleeps in the Sun Room of the barn. But when she lays down she makes sure that her snout is poking through the gate that leads to the corridor in the barn. Like a short stout periscope. Her nose is always sure to get a wee scratch as…
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The Bobble Headed Owls have come. Be afraid. Be very afraid!
The birds have discovered the wine grapes. Every time I walked under the arbor a little flurry of rising wings could be heard. The pea hens are residing in the peacock penthouse because last year they ate a third of my crop and now the sparrows are taking advantage. Serious measures had to be taken.…
The Kitchen's Garden 