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Is Change Too Scary?
There is nothing new on this good earth. What we do know for sure is that we can change and change is good. But to change you have to lift your head up and speak (or write). My mother used to say ‘A change is as Good as a Holiday’. But let’s keep our hearts…
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Is this Sleeping Pig Lying?
Surely this old pig can not be this tired? Tima the kunekune pig is like a heat seeking missile – a very chubby, bovine, heat seeking missile – when she spies an empty lap. She trots over and lays her tired head in said lap and is snoring within minutes. Wriggling every now and then…
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Fresh Winter Herbs – How to Grow Them.
Growing herbs inside during the winter is easy and rewarding not to mention delicious. In late autumn it is critical to bring my herbs from the cooling verandah to the sunny glasshouse. If killed by the cold, cry I would, for my herbs. So I bring the potted herbs inside early. Crying over spilt herbs…
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The Delicious Welcome from Dogs (and Pigs)!
You know how dogs race toward the approaching car with unbridled excitement!? Meeting you at the opening door with wide mouths, and wagging tails. Well, add a pig then you have the usual Farmy greeting. Wai always hangs back a little not liking the jostle of the great unwashed. Look a little further to see…
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Cats in Pictures
Cats effortlessly captivate the camera. With their curves and independence. It is the independence that attracts us. Maybe? Lulu Vandal These two are the last cats that we will have here on the farm. I want to encourage native birds not predator cats. These two cats are old now. But still healthy and hunting. Have…
The Kitchen's Garden 