Category: Farming
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How I write the Farmy Blog
No pictures today! It was ‘one of those days’ yesterday and Our darling Barb at Just a Smidgen. has passed the baton to me to discuss writing so I am only writing today. Barb is a poet, photographer and designer of no small renown so I find myself a little out of my depth following her beautiful piece…
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Chicks and Kids
One of our very own Fellowship came to visit yesterday with her husband and their daughters. Deb and her husband are working towards having their own farmy but in the meantime she is growing her own pig out here in my barn (Number Three) and soon she will have some meat chickens underway (they come…
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Important Advice
From Sheila : Your Big Fat Pig. When engaged in a decadent bout of spring sunbathing. One must always wear a hat. On one’s head. And yes, that is the water barrel. And yes she has plenty of places to sleep in the shade. But this was better. I hope you all have a lovely day. Your friend…
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Look what came in the Mail
Chicks and Ducklings. In the mail! John and the Matriarch want duck for Christmas dinner. But I bought a few extra so I could breed them too. Sadly two of the extra were dead on arrival. So we have four Orpington ducks. The chickens are a selection of cold-hardy layers. Next week the meat chickens come. By…
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The Winters Tail
That nasty Discontented Winter has created some gaps in the gardens. Big gaps. It’s icy tail flicked across the gardens and sent killing shivers down the spines of trees and vines. The peach tree and a couple of a little apple trees -Dead. Also a big apple tree and a pear – Dead. Sopsta’s bright yellow magnolia only has…
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