Category: Farming
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Turning Up The Heat
And then my friend R found us some pigs. We have families to feed and one of them is hers. And she is a local with a huge network. She heard back from an old friend and she said come get them tomorrow. Tomorrow is reorganizing day at her hog facility apparently. It will be…
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Great news!
Good morning. Another fine clear morning has announced itself and another hard but satisfying day behind and ahead. Haymaking I have two thirds of the barn sorted and up to date. R is coming today to work with me on the West side while I load another 100 bales into the East side. Here is…
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The Best Little Mother Hen
This was a tough weekend. Hay making is always hard work. Almost a lesson in perseverance. Pushing through. And it takes a while summer to get in shape when you are a lady of a certain age. We have to make hay. Feeding the animals from our own land is critical to the bottom line…
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Frogs peeping – all night long!
It was a wet and cool rainy night last night. I love the rain on my tin roof. Perfect weather to sleep the night away with all the doors and windows open. The Spring Peepers were singing all night long. I collected a vid sound recording of them for our TKG Take Ten. Join HERE…
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On Stand By for Chicks
I am on stand by for the chick delivery. The chicks and baby turkeys (poults) and ducklings were despatched yesterday. They come by mail. Nine times out of ten they are just fine. But I always worry. The highs are still in the late eighties which is seriously pleasant weather. The chicks should be neither…
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