Category: Sustainable farming

• Walky about the Farmy

  The barn is quiet once more.  The wind is down. Everyone was resting yesterday including Mia, she did not have a good morning,  so once again I let them out into the forbidden field where it is clean.  We are supposed to be letting the grass grow!  Everyone else has to wait on the concrete…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  March 9, 2012

  Farming, Sustainable farming

  Carhart bib overalls, cats, chickens, farmy, mama, Mia, The kitchen’s garden

• Straight to the good news

  Mia is doing OK, though she lost her lambs.  After I wrote to you yesterday she gave birth to two stillborn tiny prem lambs. The crying from that wee sheep was harrowing.  I shifted her and Mama out of the middle pen after the worst of the messy business was over and  put them in…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  March 7, 2012

  Farming, Sustainable farming

  Barn, sheep, still born lambs, wind

• Hairy MacLairy gets his Own Way.

  Someone is putting on weight. At this time of year and for at least another 6 weeks, if not longer, I have to keep the animals out of the fields for two reasons 1) so that the grass can grow. Daisy does not understand this.   2) So that large animals do not pug the…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  February 28, 2012

  Farming, Photography, Sustainable farming

  cow, dust bath, grass, ram, sheep, sheep dog

• Walkabout the Farmy on a Still Sepia Day

  Good morning.  I took you around the farmy yesterday. Yesterday was a day of bird song. It was still, overcast and bright. Which is actually a perfect day for the camera if you want some serious light for the densest colour in your images. Sadly we are still waiting in line for our spring colours,…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  February 23, 2012

  Farming, Photography, Sustainable farming

  Barn, cardinal, cat, grass, old barn, old barn gates, spring birds

• Phew, well that was a flurry. Now back to work!

  Thank you so much for all your input over the last two days.  The images we have all selected have been sent over to the tech team, for the last review and some work.  Then  when they come back, I will let you know the final line up. Your names have been printed and folded…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  February 10, 2012

  Organic farming, Sustainable farming

  chickens, coldframe