Category: Farming
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All Hail. All Hay Under Cover.
236 bales of good hay. Beautiful hay actually. Green and dry and smells divine. Airfreshner for the barn. The weather yesterday was cool with a stiff drying breeze. No humidity. Good for the hay and the team gathered to make the hay. I pay the hay man and his sons by the hour so we…
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Weather coming in
My beautiful field almost ready to be baled and now there is weather coming in early this afternoon. So I am going to try and get it baled and into the barn before the storms roll in. There are three fields like this. I cannot lose another lot. I think most will be well dry –…
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Once more into the breech
My friends. Once more into the breech… The hay is down and had a good day of sun and a stiff cool breeze. The humidity was low which is the blessing. The rain looks even more serious for Monday night now. But if we miss the scattered shower that day we will get away with…
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Pig Graffiti
Poppys Six went out to their new home in the field yesterday with a great big welcoming wallw that they very quickly turned into delicious mud. Then seeing the pure white canvas of their new house they dragged their bodies all around it making patches of pig art. Pig grafitti without the spray cans. Doesn’t…
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