Category: Farming
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FreeBee is not Right
I don’t know if it is the cold or maybe he has a sore foot but he took some persuading to get up yesterday. He is eating OK. But not at mealtimes. I think he may have had a falling out with Jude who can be quite rough. FreeBee is generally quite a laid back…
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So COLD!
Minus 12 in celsius is very cold. It is very still this morning. Which is just as well because it’s the wind that is the killer. As soon as this blog post is done I will pop out to see how the white chickens have fared. Though they are well feathered and well fed. I…
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This Old Barn
No-one knows exactly when this barn was built. Or by whom, but legend has it that before Our John’s Great – Grandfather gutted it to put huge harvesting machines in there, (horrible) it used to house the draft horses that pulled the early farm implements. Plus the house cow and a couple of hogs for…
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Cats in Pictures
Cats effortlessly captivate the camera. With their curves and independence. It is the independence that attracts us. Maybe? Lulu Vandal These two are the last cats that we will have here on the farm. I want to encourage native birds not predator cats. These two cats are old now. But still healthy and hunting. Have…
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Fatality in the Kitchen
Noooo! The coffee machine has finally Spat The Dummy! Dead. Nothing but Sad. No delicious foamy coffee. So it is plunger coffee for us this morning. We were hoping that the espresso machine would last until Christmas then Our John and I were going to go halvies on the cost of a new one. Coffee…
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