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And then it rained…
Only hours before we were to gather to bale the hay. After I had turned it into its windrows and tested it for dryness. It rained. and rained. A 30% chance of a stray thunderstorm had appeared on the radar yesterday morning, and then in our sky that afternoon. And so I cleaned. When I…
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Just when you thought it was safe
Just when you thought it was safe. The piglets start to hide in the straw to keep the flies off. Charlotte and I had such a time yesterday trying to keep track of them all. And now I have to worry about their mother standing on them again. They are hidden in there. But at…
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I can’t find Pania the Peahen .. now what could she be up to?
Tui the peahen is still on her nest (her eggs are due to hatch on July 2nd) and Pania the other peahen has slowly become more and more absent. And now I have no idea where she is. There are a few more hiding places to search but Hmm… I think to myself. I wonder…
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Happy Talk Farmy Days
Happy talk, keep talking happy talk, Talk about things you’d like to do, You gotta have a dream, if you don’t have a dream, How you gonna have a dream come true? Do you remember South Pacific? When we were very young my Mum and Dad took us to see the musical. I never forgot…
The Kitchen's Garden 