Category: Farm Animals
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The Ugly Shed
I would not have voluntarily shown you this ugly bit of the ugly shed…. … but the white chickens chose to camp in here yesterday and it made me laugh. There is nothing much in there. A few sticks of old furniture, parts of cars, broken totes, a few old seed bags and a lot…
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I Hate to Say It
(Because you know how I dread the winters out here): I hate to say it but we now must release the F word out into the Farmy vernacular. FALL is beginning to be felt. Though I prefer the word Autumn which is what we say in New Zealand. As in Autumnal. I love that word.…
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That Dawn Again!
I was up before the dawn today. Letting the dogs out and opening the door for the white chickens to get onto the grass and making my cup of tea before I scuttled back to my bed still warm from a nights restful sleep and jumped in so that I could write to you. It…
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Garlic Planting Day
Today is garlic planting day! The first week of October is the best time to plant garlic in Zone 5. As an aside: In November 2023, the USDA updated its Plant Hardiness Zone Map for the first time since 2012, reflecting warmer conditions in many areas. About half of the USA has shifted up half…
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Let the animal decide
In the wild few living creatures survive an attack that leaves open wounds or broken bones. Wounded means weaker and weaker seldom flourishes. But our human instincts are to save a bird or save an animal that has been or is being attacked. Then our instincts are to then nurse them back to health. I…
The Kitchen's Garden 