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How to make a Worm Farm in your garden.
While we are waiting for Charlotte to farrow let’s make a worm farm in the garden. Worms are a gardeners friend. They improve the fertility of your garden, they improve soil structure and ultimately they will improve drainage. I do have a worm farm in the basement but I also make summer worm farm ditches…
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Charlotte has a hot murky day
Yesterday started off alright for Charlotte, she had her usual walk, shortened now, but pregnant ladies need their exercise too. It had begun to get very hot and muggy when I left for lunch with The Old Codger and The Matriarch. So I hung a bigger fan from the rafters of the barn to cool…
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How to Treat Organic Pear Trees with Fire Blight
Sigh. The young pear trees have fire blight. If I remember correctly Blight is bacterial, it will enter your tree through a wound or badly timed pruning cut. It loves warm wet weather. When all your new fruit shrivels up and the new growth dies back it is likely that you have Fire Blight. It…
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A pregnant Pause
Yesterday The Farmy dropped through into one of those delicious Pauses that we often see but don’t have time to feel. A gentleness rises up and envelops us. Encouraging us to yawn as we work, and sink onto rocks to watch when we are done. The animals feel The Pause. They simply lay down and…
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Another Peek at Route 66 – Just for Kicks
I am trying to distract myself from staring at Charlotte all day, she has SEVEN days to go before we can even think about expecting any piglets after all. Pigs are usually farrow quite close to their dates and I hope she goes all the way so we get nice fat healthy babies. So another…
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