Category: Sustainable farming

• 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

• How to Make Puppy Pillows for your Pooch!

  It was cold yesterday. The frost hung on the trees all day. No wind.  The world stayed frozen white  with a cover of cloud like a stainless steel lid.   On these still cold sepia days, it is hard not to succumb to malaise. The weather sits there like a big lump. So I went…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  February 7, 2012

  Photography, Sustainable farming

  dog beds, dog pillows, guatamala, jute bags, wool

• Late afternoon on the farmy: Two Cocks Crowing

  Late afternoon on the Farmy is a peaceful time. Well it should be a peaceful time.  Except I let all the chook-house chickens out of their house for a run around. Which meant that the Barn Roosters rushed out to challenge the Chook House Roosters.   Son of Neanderthal Man  and the Senior Chook House…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  February 6, 2012

  Farm Animals, Humour, Photography, Sustainable farming, The Farmy

  chickens, chooks, cows, crowing, guinea fowl, roosters, sheep