Category: Farming
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Hey! HAY!
The sweet scent of hay in my barn. And it was not rained on. Finally I am beginning to stop fretting about getting enough hay in for the winter. Yesterday we loaded all the hay we bought on the weekend into the barn. We now have another seventy two bales that were baled yesterday ready to go…
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The sweetcorn is ready
John anticipates this day all year, it comes in a close second to the Bacon Lettuce and Tomato season (which is imminent). Finally the big pot of boiling water is on the stove and we are all (pigs, chickens, cows and dogs as well) munching on cobs of hot corn dripping in home made butter…
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Watermelon Cockails
After our usual nightly rain it came out hot and humid yesterday so by evening Amanda decided to make Watermelon Cocktails. A girl after my own heart. After consulting with her sister she made Equal parts: Gin and Tonic and Watermelon Juice with a twist of lime. Divine. They had a good kick! Here is…
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Selective Weeding.
Even the weeds are sorted and carted off to this animal or that animal or this group of birds. Manu is still a little mystified by real food. But Naomi is doing well at eating her vegetables and weeds and of course Poppy eats everything being a breast feeding mother and all. And all the…
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Natures Way?
Nature is cruel and most of all it is cruel to animals or birds that are not perfect. After watching the pea-chicks roll around their little box, both with one leg out at a right angle, wings spread, miserable, unable even to stand to eat, I decided that there was no way these birds were going…
The Kitchen's Garden 