Category: Farming
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Hot Chooks
The last two days have risen up into the 90’s here. Hot summer days. For me the weather is lovely, for the animals and birds hot weather is a trial. The cows headed for the back paddock and lay into the long grass down there to get away from the heat and the flies but…
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Poppy’s Sweet Nine
Aren’t they sweet. They are still a little shy but doing well. The North Garden is still not pretty and the plants are still in the early stages .. .. but there are literally hundreds of plants in there (and behind the image and to the left of the image) for the restaurants and farmers…
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Fruit on the farm
My first raspberry crop is coming along nicely. I am hoping for enough to make good old fashioned raspberry jam. The blueberry crop is as pathetic as ever. Blueberries really do not like this swamp soil. They need something a bit more acidic. There are zucchini beginning to grow. This is a heritage variety in…
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Tane, the miracle boar
You will remember that for almost a year now Tane has not been able to walk very well. During last winter he slowed down so badly, that I was asked on a number of occasions whether it would not be kinder to put him down. He could not use his back legs at all. He…
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Eight and Nine
Catching up. Poppy’s nine are weaned. The fat little savages. The little piglet with the ripped hoof has become un-findable – she is running just as fast as all the rest and doing fine so I have stopped worrying about her. They are all eating well chomping on their greens and slurping madly at their…
The Kitchen's Garden 