Category: Sustainable farming
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Mama hates me today and the Pink Pickled Onion recipe.
Mama hates me today. I have begun the process of weaning her lambs from her. She is getting worn down, her udder is looking banged up with dry patches and these lambs at almost three months old are big and pushy. Watching those two fly at her at full gallop, charging straight at her udder…
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Water, water everywhere, give me a drop to drink
Yesterday as I walked about in the heat with my hose making sure animals had water to stand in and cold water in their troughs I began to wonder about how much water I was using. How much water is needed to run a sustainable, organic farmy. So I did a little research. Daisy (milking…
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Walkabout on the Farmy
Taking stock on a lovely summer day. Kupa was inadvertantly locked in the chook house and after spending the whole day in with the peasants he had to have a wee lie down. Then he went to have a stretch and adding insult to injury his display attracted the wrong attention, I fear that Kupa…
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How to make Ricotta Cheese from Whey
It was only this hot yesterday. The coconut oil was only just melted. Some of it is only just not melted. Not too bad at all. Here is yesterdays Monterey Jack cheese which is air drying for a few days. (Out of the sun -this positioning was for the artsy shot!) then it will be…
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