Category: Sustainable farming

• 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

• Monday Morning Farm

  This is what I saw when I began the chores this morning. A cat sleeping in my shopping bags. You know the bags that you pause on the verandah. The plan being  to  stow them back in the car later. Then they never make it to the car, and you end up at the supermarket…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  October 17, 2011

  Celi Diet, Farm Animals, Farming, Life, Organic farming, Sustainable farming, Writing

  abbatoir, farming, kitten, lambs, organic methods, sustainable farming, sustainable living, wethers

• The Blood Tests are a Yes!

  DAISY IS PREGNANT If all goes well, fingers crossed, touch wood and without walking under any ladders or having any black cats walk in front of anything and with some luck and good management she will be having her calf late May. May is a super time to have a calf as it will be…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  October 9, 2011

  Bees, Farm Animals, Farming, Life, Photography, Sustainable farming

  Bees in the mail, bees., Post Office, Pregnant cow, raw milk, sustainable living