Category: homesteading
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Charlotte has a hot murky day
Yesterday started off alright for Charlotte, she had her usual walk, shortened now, but pregnant ladies need their exercise too. It had begun to get very hot and muggy when I left for lunch with The Old Codger and The Matriarch. So I hung a bigger fan from the rafters of the barn to cool…
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How to Treat Organic Pear Trees with Fire Blight
Sigh. The young pear trees have fire blight. If I remember correctly Blight is bacterial, it will enter your tree through a wound or badly timed pruning cut. It loves warm wet weather. When all your new fruit shrivels up and the new growth dies back it is likely that you have Fire Blight. It…
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A pregnant Pause
Yesterday The Farmy dropped through into one of those delicious Pauses that we often see but don’t have time to feel. A gentleness rises up and envelops us. Encouraging us to yawn as we work, and sink onto rocks to watch when we are done. The animals feel The Pause. They simply lay down and…
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Hope you are right!
I have been watching The Poll and so far the winning group is 8 or 9 piglets. What do you think of that Charlotte? “Trying not to think about it miss c. Now tell the barn flock to stop staring at Tui on the nest, they are staring too loudly. I need sleep!” Oh? Oh. Everyone is…
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Good Bees.. Close Up
Only two pictures today… because yesterday nothing topped the honey in Nefertiti’ s House.. and the Brood in Cleopatra’s. These are hand held shots so the images are not brilliantly sharp at this magnification. But … wow. I could not resist. They had a tough spring with all the rain and storms and cool weather. So…
The Kitchen's Garden 