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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.…
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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…
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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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How to settle your 47 chicks in on their first day.
The Post Mistress found a chirping box on her counter when she got to work this morning. She called me straight away and I zoomed down in my little cooking oil car to collect them. I could hear the strident chirping the minute I opened the Post Office door. Forty Seven chicks survived their journey.…
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The List for Today.
Your comments, poems, captions and words were wonderful yesterday. I loved how you all chatted and commented on each others comments and had some fun with rhymes!! The Fellowship of the Farmy really is the most wondrous group. I feel truly honoured to be a part of our group. I have no photos of the…
The Kitchen's Garden 