Category: homesteading
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Tucking in the piggies
And so it got colder. Cows always do the best in the cold. They carry a belly full of hay that behaves like a compost heap a hot compost heap. A healthy cow is warmed from the inside. Unlike my white truck that was encased in ice yesterday morning and I could not even open the door.…
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Off Farm Surprise
We have the promise of miserable weather on the way today. Snow with high winds and then they are forecasting a dizzying plummet in temperatures (the drop in temperatures is more of a worry than the snow which may not reach us though BLOWING snow can cause difficulties). So I worked in the rain yesterday to get all…
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Alex – the Dexter
I very, very seldom go outside with the Camera House intending to take a specific shot to match an idea. In fact I never do that. My mind is usually quite empty as usual. So I take photos during the day as I see them, then load them into the post before dinner, then when I…
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Flying pigs
Not this pig. Sheila does not fly. She too much of a lady for such things. This pig. Molly. She would fly. Molly has the most red on her body. Red legs and the whitest little face. She is a beautiful wee pig. Very energetic like her mother. Speaking of her mother. Here is Poppy…
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The Green
Still the weather is holding. And the fields have some green. During the long nights it drops below freezing then in the day times UP the temperature comes again. It is not unusual for us to hover around the freezing mark at this time of year, and not unusual for there to be a little green…
The Kitchen's Garden 