Category: Farming
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I got the plum job because Girls can drive Tractors too you know.
Yesterday in the late afternoon we baled and brought in the hay from The Haymakers Field. Not a lot of hay. After all this is the first harvest of the first season of the Haymakers Field. It was not a pretty field. We have had very little rain this season and consequently the alfalfa had…
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Walkabout on the Farmy
Taking stock on a lovely summer day. Kupa was inadvertantly locked in the chook house and after spending the whole day in with the peasants he had to have a wee lie down. Then he went to have a stretch and adding insult to injury his display attracted the wrong attention, I fear that Kupa…
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Milking a cow from start to finish in pictures.
I wanted to document a milking in pictures for you. This was easier said than done as I needed to bring in people unfamiliar with my camera (Our John and Tall Teenager) to take the actual pictures. And there is no way to set it up. Milking time is milking time! So, this post has…
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Bobby Blanc goes to Day Care
I failed at making the lasagne last night. When I was checking the ingredients I discovered that I had run out of chedder cheese for the top. Can you believe it! The cheese in the fridge was an empty packet with only a sliver in it. WHO does stuff like that! Even my fresh squeaky…
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How to make Ricotta Cheese from Whey
It was only this hot yesterday. The coconut oil was only just melted. Some of it is only just not melted. Not too bad at all. Here is yesterdays Monterey Jack cheese which is air drying for a few days. (Out of the sun -this positioning was for the artsy shot!) then it will be…
The Kitchen's Garden 