Category: Farming
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Green Waters
I got some pond weed and put it in one of the white chickens water bowls to see if they might eat the weed as extra nutrition. Every experiment needs a control. And the chickens preferred the control. The green water was roundly rejected. the clean water was drunk up. The white chickens preferred the…
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The Best Present Ever
I have given up on trying to buy presents for the farm-hand husband. Nothing is ever right. Year after year my presents lie unused on the table, sometimes for months until I put them away myself. Total waste of money and effort. For a few years I gave him cash which he quite liked. Last…
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What a Difference a Day Makes!
Things have a habit of working out right? Well, not always. But yesterday they did. Yesterday I felt that my MiL turned a corner in her recovery and the Physical Therapist was happy to graduate her to a cane to walk with, (leaving the walker behind) after she passed a series of tests. In a…
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Gone Fishing then Not Gone Fishing
I wrote this yesterday. Gone Fishing Yesterday Melanie, who is working on this site, has discovered that the theme we have been using here at The Kitchens Garden dot COM is now obsolete and retired by wordpress. AHA we said in unison. This is the reason we have been having troubles. So as time permits…
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Two Egg Handicap
Yesterday, at the beginning of afternoon chores I collected the last two eggs. This in itself is not news-worthy. However, with time always at a premium nowadays, I did not run them up to the house straight away. I proceeded with my work, carrying my two egg handicap in my hand, as you do. Waiting…
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