Category: Farming
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Part two of the farmy walkabout but have I missed somebody?
This is what the very few people who drive down our country road are seeing. Daily changes. Not much changing with Daisy though. She stands exactly here for most of the day. Watching the kitchen door for movement. Daisy is an Ayrshire. A very old breed of dairy cow. She is almost four. She is…
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The Coupe Rises and a Wee Walkabout (Part One)
Yesterday was a very big day in the project to build a self contained cabin attached to the house. It is called the Coupe because I styled it on the old chicken coops that used to be in the farmyards of every farm around here. Using the sun to warm it and design to cool…
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A Sad Post about White Cat whose Name Was Apollo
Between feeding the cats on the verandah in the early morning and my return from feeding the animals in the barn, White Cat had an episode that left him paralysed in his whole back half. Some kind of embolism in the spine the Vet said. I forget the word he used. White Cat was lying…
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The ting ting of melting ice
The temperatures slowly rose a little and by afternoon yesterday the air was filed with the steady rhythm of melting ice. Its ting tap tinkle followed us around the farm. Not above freezing yet but close. The Kiwi builder reluctantly returned from his annual holiday in Florida full of ideas. He is determined to get…
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Do you want to peek in through my windows?
Well, you can’t, because the glass is covered in ice. This is what I see when I look back out at you. Best you use the door. But be prepared to give it a good shove as some of the doors were frozen shut yesterday morning. Who needs curtains! This is a curly barked maple.…
The Kitchen's Garden 