Category: Farming
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Meet Talia
When Aunty Del walked into the milking shed, yesterday afternoon, for her pratice milking (standing in the stall eating left overs while I brush her) dripping milk all over the floor, Victoria and I looked at each other and blocked off all her exits. She was showng all the signs of imminent labour, dripping milk…
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Weather as Entertainment
It rained a lot yesterday, so we all got wet in the morning, then the sun came out and it was hot and humid and we all started to steam dry the afternoon went by damp and breezy but nothing beat the extraordinary lightening show that we watched yesterday evening after dinner. Our county was…
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Shadows and Storms
Giggles and Guffaws. I have five young people staying – learning how to grow their own food then cook it. And they all get on. There is much to learn from each other and they are working and laughing all at the same time, exchanging information and languages – wonderful. But they are a handful…
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A Teaching Farm
Having young people to stay on the farm turns the property from a working farm to a teaching farm for half the year. A place of learning. This is the first year that this distinction has become so clear. As well as being the Farmer I have subconsciously arranged my life so I can still…
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Day Off
The mob and I are packing our boots away, getting out our sandals and off to the city we are going. There is a barbecue festival and something called the Green Living Festival – then I will peel off and catch a train back home in time to milk the cow at 6pm. So we are…
The Kitchen's Garden 