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  • August 8, 2013

    The Man at the Gate

    The man was well dressed and nervous. He was standing on my lawn blocked by barking dogs as I stepped out onto the verandah. “Alright if I give treats to your dogs?” He called out with his back to the shiny late model city slick car. ‘Down’  I signalled and both dogs dropped like stones…

  • August 7, 2013

    Long Shots, giggly piglets and bottles of beer.

    This is the lane from the house to the gravel road. We are looking East. On the right which is the South side is the sweetcorn with the Maize up behind it. You can see how tall the maize (field corn) is when you see my tractor in front of it. Also look at how…

  • August 6, 2013

    An Angry Sow is not to be trifled with

    Early in the morning as the dawn is dawning I take the tractor out into the sweetcorn field and pick two big bucket loads for the animals. I cut the stalk at the base with my sharp spade and throw the sweetcorn, with its stalk still attached, over the fences.  They eat the whole thing.…

  • August 5, 2013

    More Wine Less Whine

    Yesterday we bottled the Vidal Blanc wine from last seasons grapes. The wine has been working in its little glass barrels for almost a year now. And the little taste I was allowed before it flowed through the pipes and into the bottles led me to believe that this will be a definite improvement on…

  • August 4, 2013

    Muddy Piggy Backs!

    Piggie’s  really DO give each other piggy backs. They climb onto each others backs and rush about honking like little trains having races. I gave them a mud puddle to play in yesterday. Sheila is hoping for cabbage leaves to come flying over the garden gate. Time to prune the grape vine I think! Basil…

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