Category: homesteading
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The right side
An unborn calf bulges out the right side of a cow – her right side – (well, we knew that already) but here I have found a great article to explain this to us. How to know if a cow is pregnant. The site itself seems to be resting ( ps 7.46 am: I wrote ‘abandoned’ then Emily the…
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Peek in the Barn
Lady Astor is still being put to bed early – much to her disgust. She would prefer that only the dairy women and men peek at the next shot, as it is only a documentation shot but interesting if you are a watcher of cows. And you all are. Mercy, what an education you are…
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Her tail …
Alex wears her tail like a train. It is so long but how I wish she would stand still so I could get a brush through it. She has the best tail, that wee Dexter cow but she prefers dreadlock look. My cow is a hippie. Carlos the Tiny having a scratch. We found some…
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Once a week
Once a week we are looking at this patch of ground – top sown with my special pasture cocktail. Watching the grass grow. I am excited. The pasture not so much. In case you cannot see the whole of the picture in your header, and after all who can see the whole picture in many…
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I don’t know the title today
The thing with disappointment is that you just have to swallow and deal with it. I think the actual swallow is pretty important to this process. Like a pause. A stand on the one foot. The stillness. The re-evaluation- once again- after all this time, seeing for sure that your plans were for naught. Poppy…
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