Category: homesteading
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Feathers for Mr Flowers
Mr Flowers, our most beautiful and quite old peacock, loses his feathers in the late summer and has now commenced to grow back his long long tail. Every year this happens. His feathers are the brightness in our winter. Peacocks are such ethereal creatures. He is such a beautiful bird. And he is a good…
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Robin Red Breast has arrived
I saw the first robin yesterday. Is spring here yet? Um no. Because it was literally slating for a short while. Covering the windows in ice that almost immediately melted back off. But the robins did not care. They know change is on the way. I tried to take a photo of the red breasted…
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Little Hiccups along the Road
The family has been busy these last few weeks minding The Matriarch who had a fall. You know how these things are. But with a very determined and positive attitude she is well on the way to a complete recovery. But the first few weeks she needed tons of care so I was simply too…
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WILDCARD GARDEN
By the end of Autumn John usually has the glass house planted and producing but this year there have been interruptions to some of the familial rhythms. So I decided to take the bull by the horns and plant a wild card garden.
The Kitchen's Garden 