Category: Farming
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Harlequin
Yesterday morning I went across to the West Wing to feed the four calves there and found that the little-ist one, who last week scoured so badly she was coating the walls in a bloody mess, was laid down shivering. The nights have been cooler but not that cold. She got up for her bottle then went…
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Four Peachicks!
Mrs Flowers brought her peachicks out for a walk today and there are four wee chicks. FOUR! Good girl Mrs Flowers. Working fast all I got was this blurry image but they are all walking and talking and looking lovely. All multi coloured. Pania decided to stay on her nest the whole day yesterday, but still…
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Pigs in Mud.
It was a gloriously hot day yesterday. The heat does not bother me as long as I have my heat stroke smoothies for lunch. But all the pigs were swimming in mud. I took the hose around and gave them lots of wetness to lay about in. Sheila looks more and more like a rhinoceros…
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What makes you strong?
What gives you that last ounce of strength? What makes you reach for the impossible and win? What gives us the ability to tap that secret cache of power we all hold. What enables us to survive. To push through when the odds are so stacked against us it feels like hail in our faces. My friend,…
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Intelligent Dogs
From four O’clock on, Ton sits next to Lady Astor and Aunty Del , who were very laid back all day yesterday, he is in whatever field they are – his little black ears like mickey mouse ears sticking up above the long summer grasses. He did this with Daisy too. He knows milking time is…
The Kitchen's Garden 