Category: Sustainable farming

• Walkabout on the Farmy!

  Yesterday afternoon Mary’s Cat, Thing Two, TonTon and I walked the fences checking for holes. Naturally we had company. Thing Two and Mary’s Cat were particularly vigilant about checking fences. They like everyone to be in their proper places. Speaking of which the chickens are behind bars again until the ground is frozen. I am going…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  November 22, 2011

  Farming, Photography, Sustainable farming

  cats, cows, farming, sheep

• Poor Daisy has a cold. So I have given her a pumpkin.

  Hope you all had a great weekend. c

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  November 7, 2011

  Farming, Humour, Photography, Sustainable farming

  cat, chicken, chicks, Daisy the cow, kitten, kitty

• Farm Days from Dawn to Dusk

  Did you ever see that movie Dusk ’til Dawn. Well, a day on the sustainable, self sufficient, old fashioned farm is Nothing LIKE that!!! It starts at dawn. John leaves for work in the dark at 5am.  I talk to you guys and catch up with my messages until the sun comes up. I make…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  November 2, 2011

  Farming, Life, Organic farming, Photography, Sustainable farming

  Barn, cow, dawn, dusk, images, sheep, sunrise, sunset

• Making pear cider on the Sustainable Farm – Nothing is Wasted.

  A chilly autumnal day (this word autumnal needs to be said out loud, I think it has the most beautiful sound).  Today we begin to make the pear cider. The pears have been sitting in the shed quietly ripening and now they are looking juicy and sweet. Except for that greenish one, I am going…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  October 31, 2011

  Preserving, Sustainable farming, Vines and Wine

  crusher, hard cider, pear cider, pears, press

• Jeepers Creepers, where d’ya get those Peepers? Look what TonTon found in the barn!

  So TonTon was barking like mad at the  barn door. This is rare behaviour so something was amiss and I have learnt not to ignore him. I went outside the kitchen door and he ran to me his hackles up. Usually this means there is a sheep in the wrong place or Daisy has picked…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  October 26, 2011

  Farm Animals, Life, Sustainable farming

  baby chicks, barn. dog, cat, chickens, chicks, chooks