Category: homesteading
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Lurch Leaves, Workers Arrive
Yesterday a very lovely lady who runs a pig rescue home came and took Lurch and Winston (the very tiny rescue piglet who is being picked on by its bigger siblings) back to her place. I had just delivered the plonkers to the abbatoir (saying thank you to them) and was finishing the milking when she…
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Bye Bye Tahlia
Tahlia (Aunty Del’s two month old heifer calf) has been sold and was picked up yesterday by her new owners. She looked very small in the big trailer but is going to a good home. They will keep her name and their farm is not too far away so I hope to visit. The same…
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Breaking the Rules
Yesterday Nick and I shifted the Rescue Piglets out of their nursery (the turkey house) and into the sunroom of the big barn – it is bigger, sunnier and airier and hopefully there will be less flies. This rain and heat is breeding a LOT of flies. It very quickly became evident that Lurch, the…
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Weaning without Whining
Of course it rained torrentially yesterday so Nick and I worked in the barn repairing and cleaning. At one point Molly plonked herself right in front of me to watch what I was doing so I had a really good view of her teats and belly and immediately decided to wean her from her big…
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Gardening Chooks
You have not seen much of Mr Flowers lately, but I have – him and all his wives up on the veranda. This year I decided to employ the meat chickens as gardeners. With this endless rain, combined with the terrible heat earlier in the month, the garden is officially out of control. Some areas…
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