Category: homesteading

• Mama, the mother ewe, has had a bad few days..

  And has miscarried. She had slowed down in the last few days.  And I was cycling through the usual Mama remedies.  But then her condition began to really worry me so I separated her from the others. Though she had been standing alone anyway.  She was coerced into the barn then lay down on her…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  December 8, 2013

  homesteading, Life, Photography

  ewe miscarrying, farming, multiple lamb miscarriage, sadness on the farm

• The last of the summer work

  Kupa resumes his role at the top of the totem pole. Speaking of poles the cats are using the resting clatter box as a pathway to the loft. No more climbing the ladder for them! The chook house was cleaned out. John took over once he saw what I was about and he spread the…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  December 5, 2013

  homesteading, Life

  cats in the barn, chickens, cleaning out the chook house, hay, peacock, straw, The Duke of Kupa

• the mantle of fog settles on the farmy

  “Fog is made up of condensed water droplets which are the result of the air being cooled to the point (actually, the dewpoint) where it can no longer hold all of the water vapor it contains.”  Well, that is the scientific reason. The real reason is that we all need to rest our minds and have a wee…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  December 4, 2013

  homesteading, Life, Photography

  cow, farm photography, farming, fog, fog on the farm, how to make hot chocolate, The kitchen’s garden

• Good news and Lots of Sweetness

  Marmalade still loves Boo Boo. But that is not the good news. We all know about the Marmalade and Boo Boo show! Everyone loves the new hay. But that is not the good news either. The Good news is that the Duke of Kupa is not doing the gaggy face anymore. The gaping. And rasping.…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  December 2, 2013

  homesteading, Humour, Life, Photography

  animal photography, cat, farming, hereford pigs, homesteading, peacock, sheep, The Duke of Kupa, The kitchen’s garden

• Blankets for Pigs

  Last night was not so cold, but late in the night I got it into my head that Sheila, my big Hereford pig, needed a blanket – and you know how these thoughts are, after the initial thought, nothing will turn it away.. not even the promise of sleep.  You see, when I went out…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  December 1, 2013

  Farming, homesteading, Humour, Life, Photography

  aryshire cow, blankets for pigs, hereford cow, hereford pig, pig, pregnant cows