Category: Sustainable farming

• Why isn’t the list getting any Shorter?

  Yesterday I reordered the order, and all the animals went in and out of the barn with ease and no escapes. So now the pens are all sorted out for the period that I am away. It is very lucky that pigs do not have digits or at the very least Daisy’s height. They would…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  November 24, 2012

  Farming, Humour, Life, Photography, Sustainable farming

  dawn, Made in America, Made in china, old barn, pig face, sheep, Shopping, the old barn

• From Gray to Kupa’s Way

  The days work begins and ends in the pitch dark now, though yesterday was warm, the day was gray.  I know winter is coming, the light is dimming, but these last few warm days have been a delightful respite.   L’il Puss The Scrapper’s bottom is kept comfy. He has very generously offered to keep…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  November 21, 2012

  Farming, Life, Photography, Sustainable farming, Vegetarian, Writing

  Daisy the cow, gray day, hereford pig, house cow, peacock plumage, peacock train, sheep, The kitchen’s garden, vegetable stock, winter coming

• The Pigs Are in the Vegetable Garden!

  But thats ok. I left the gate open for them. Queenie is not amused, but in all honesty Queenie is very seldom amused. She is a solemn cow. Have you ever looked up and realised your day is almost gone and you have not even Thought about dinner. Well Dinner was not my main concern…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  October 23, 2012

  Farming, Life, Photography, Sustainable farming

  hereford heifer, pigs as diggers, vegetable garden

• Do you want to hear how John and I met?

  Lynda who lives on a farm in Colorado looked at that year ago post from yesterday and asked me how this all happened.  That a New Zealand girl could wind up living in the middle of nowhere with an American man. It is not a long story, but I guess it is a sweet one.…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  October 19, 2012

  Life, Photography, Sustainable farming, Writing

  AFS student, Bob Dylan, how i met, love, marriage, romance, sex, The daily, The temperature

• Rain on The Wet Skunky Dog in The Golden Leaves of Autumn

  Hmm. Skunky dog on a rainy day. Not a pretty olfactory picture. Poor fellow saw the Skunk Off bottles come out and he hid under a bush, not realising that the bush was losing its leaves, and his smelly little snout and little eye could be seen peering back out at me.  But Ton Ton,…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  October 18, 2012

  Life, Photography, Sustainable farming

  blogging, colours of autumn, colours of fall, fall, rain, water barrels