Category: Farming
-
Walking on my Legs
After a full day of mowing and trimming and fencing – my legs took me up to the creek that is really a ditch to watch the sun go down. I call this walk checking the fences. Sometimes it is hard for me to just say I am walking because I love to walk…
-
Calf Playtime!
Bobby T decided his mother was spending too much time with a coffee sack and went over to play too. Like a kid when his Mum is trying to get ready to go out. Here is a small selection of images from the gardens but really it is so hard to show them properly without getting…
-
Job Description
An heifer is a female cow who has not had a calf yet. Frankly I think Aunty might be developing an udder – slowly – but I cannot see it being ready for a calf in five weeks. In my limited experience a heifer begins to grow an udder about two (or more) months before her baby.…
-
A Country Mile
What exactly is a country mile? Is it a little like a bakers dozen? Or are there no measurements to a country mile at all. A country mile sounds slow and gentle. A bit like “mostly” I was thinking this when I looked at front garden thinking about getting out the sprinklers and watering it.…
-
Mr Flowers comes out for a walk
And he is still out with his girls this morning AND I slept in a bit. Which is unusual but happens sometimes. I wake at 5AM but this morning I went straight back to sleep. And now it is 6.27AM! So I am writing to you as fast as iIcan so I can get out…
The Kitchen's Garden 