Category: Farming

• Life in the Fast, oops I mean SLOW, lane!

  Early spring is a period of waiting. I make my little seed pots from the seed catalogues. We sow the seeds and wait for the seeds to sprout.  We watch the weather each day and wait for it to be warm enough for all the seedlings to go outside into the sun.  (Also waiting for…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  March 5, 2012

  Farming, Photography, The Farmy

  hens, paper pots, seedlings, sheep, sky with clouds, sleeping chicken, waiting

• The Farmy’s Guest Appearance

  Good morning. In a few hours (it is up now)we will be on at Old World Garden Farms. So far this morning they have an interesting article on compost! Well, we all know how Daisy and I feel about our compost! Our farmy post will go up about 9am. (Later: It is up so just click…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  March 4, 2012

  Farming

  blogging, pregnancy, sheep, tulip bulbs

• A cat sat in the washing machine

  I know many cats like to sit in washing baskets but Mary’s Cat took the feline laundry fetich thing to a whole new level yesterday morning. Now before you panic. The washing machine was empty and Mary’s Cat had not been locked inside.  He had climbed into the clean, open, front loading washing wachine and…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  March 2, 2012

  Farming, Photography

  Ayrshire cow, hereford calf, kittten, say no to drugs, white cat

• Missed the deadline

  When Our John goes off to work in the morning at 5 am,  he brings me a small strong hot freshly ground cup of coffee. Being the romantic soul that I am the first thing I say to him before he leaves for work and won’t be seen again for a good 12 hours,  is…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  March 1, 2012

  Farm Animals, Farming

  Barn, bread, sheep, wind

• Hairy MacLairy gets his Own Way.

  Someone is putting on weight. At this time of year and for at least another 6 weeks, if not longer, I have to keep the animals out of the fields for two reasons 1) so that the grass can grow. Daisy does not understand this.   2) So that large animals do not pug the…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  February 28, 2012

  Farming, Photography, Sustainable farming

  cow, dust bath, grass, ram, sheep, sheep dog