Category: Farm Animals
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A milking stanchion
AND so he built a milking stanchion. Because no self respecting body, except for the odd cow, wanted to be out in the gardens or the fields yesterday. The wind was horrible. Later in the morning the rain cleared out and back came Mistress Wind and she was in a Howler of a mood. Sending us all scuttling for cover.…
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A Farm Day Not Like Every Other Day
+But a farm day nevertheless. My Life. Sometimes there is no way to describe a whole day on the farm : not in one heading anyway. And though categories and tags defeat me – Aunty Del is still beautiful. At the Press Publish conference I was taught that “Content is King, but headlines are the…
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How to tell if your pig is pregnant
Our pig is pregnant? Isn’t that exciting. Poppy the Hereford gilt (a gilt is a female pig who has not had piglets yet) wishes to announce (though she would prefer NOT to discuss her insides) that she has missed her first heat since being bred. We have had such a long run of missed breedings,…
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The March Give-Away
Goodbye, March! Hullo, April. (Only a day late). Here are some of my favourite farm photographs for March. A wee anthology of the month. And a give-away. I am shortly sending off an order for some prints so I would like to do one for you too. So let’s have another give-away! For those of…
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Did you Find Your Voice?
I learnt an awful lot at the Press Publish Conference in Portland on the weekend. I am going to share as much as I can with you over the next week. As usual these things will weave themselves in and out of the fabric of our farmy pages. Much like this post. (And first I…
The Kitchen's Garden 