Category: Farming

• 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

• Something has to be done about the fighting

  I had a discussion in the barn last night about the cockfights in the farmyard. … Miss C: Peghorn.  Have you been fighting with other roosters? Have you looked at your face lately? Peghorn: There is nothing wrong with my face. I have a pretty face. Miss C: You have bite marks. Peghorn:  No Miss…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  February 27, 2012

  Farming, Photography, Writing

  chickens, cock fights, roosters, sheep

• Saturday that was Sunday, could be Monday – Reads and Awards

  Everyone is in a different time zone. I was writing this on Saturday, I will be finishing  it on Sunday and some of you will be reading it on Monday when I publish it on Sunday!  I just discovered that there is a state in America, I cannot remember which one, that has two different…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  February 26, 2012

  Farming, Writing

  blogs to read, border collie, cold weather, food blogs, hay, rooster, sheep, writing blogs

• Pumping Brakes is Girls Work evidently

  But the call for help  gave you and I an opportunity to drive over to the Masters Lair at the big farm workshop and see how The Dodge is doing.   The 53 Dodge Pick-Up Truck that was released from the barn and is getting ready for its new life as a roadside vegetable stall…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  February 25, 2012

  Farming, Photography

  1953 Dodge, 53 Dodge pickup truck, Beverly Hillbillies, Girls work, Horn