Category: homesteading
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Normal storms
Last nights storm was so loud!. The dogs tried once again to climb under the furniture. The wind was high and the lightening endless. But I am over worrying about them. It is always a surprise when the storms roll in after a hot day of work out under the sun. But very quickly they…
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Bellying Down
Yes. That would be Tahiti. Her belly is really starting to drop now. This is called bellying down in Hog Breeders Speak. Can you see the line of her udder forming? In my experience she probably has a week or so to go but things are progressing nicely. She lay down for me yesterday and I…
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Fast and Steady
Stop me if I have told this story before but it has been on my mind to tell you. Boo and I were at the Farmers feed store the other day and RACING. (TonTon stayed home as he had a baby to mind). Boo and I roared into the parking lot and parked. We leapt…
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Cheap Sauna
There is something inherently wrong about shifting cows, or milking or gardening with sweat running down your legs. Arms and face seem to be acceptable places for sweat. Maybe the brow, or even the belly. But the legs should be a sweat free zone in this cheap sauna we are living in at the moment.…
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Ugly Bits
I watched myself crop an image to extract an empty feed bag that had blown into a corner of the barn and felt dishonest. I tidy with the crop tool!. I just did not have the energy to pick up and dispose of the feed bag. I will soon – maybe today but there is a…
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