Category: Farming
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Sunday Mornings used to be Coffee and Newspapers.
Do you remember those days? I loved the Sunday newspaper. How it was really fat, fat enough that everyone had a favourite section and took it off into a corner like a dog with a bone. I also loved how – if you got Saturday right – then Sunday was a proper day of rest.…
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Tima’s Point Of View. What Hogs See.
Here is Tima’s little house. Below is what Tima (the kunekune ) sees from the bed in her house. She sees the porch of the farm-house. Point of View is everything. And Tima has a room with a view! There has been so much rain lately that I crawled in to her bed to check…
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Don’t Give Up your Day Job – Actually YES – Give Up that Day Job!
I have! Given up the day job. This is my last day online teaching. I love teaching – you know I do. But not having to teach online anymore is Such A Relief. I am running out of steam trying to do ALL the things. And I have saved hard so I can flip to…
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So, you are thinking of Burying Food in your Garden?
My son called from the Central Valley in California last night and said over 10,000 acres of farm land in the Central Valley are under water. They have been underwater for too long. And they have not had the worst of the flooding over there in California. Cropping land, vegetable growers and orchards. A-wash for…
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Jude the Rescue Hog who Sits on Command
Do you remember how Jude would chase the UPS truck with the dogs, then sit at the drivers door begging for treats! Well. He would give the UPS driver a heart attack if he was allowed to chase trucks now. But he still sits on command. Obeying the old hand command I taught him almost…
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