Category: homesteading
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I had a thought –
– running through my head all day yesterday. For you. But I did not write it down. Roger and I have similar problems, whereas he cannot remember a word, I cannot remember an entire concept. There was something I was going to tell you. But it has popped like a soap bubble. Gone. Ah…
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Summer Quarters
Sheila my Big Fat Pig and Hop and Pop Poppy are finally out in their Pig Hut for the summer. This is the first time that Sheila has had to sleep outside and she is deeply unimpressed. For the last few days she has been taking herself out there in the day time. She loves…
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Shh, just listen: (Audio)
Just for you! Close your eyes (if you like) and just listen (if you want to). These are the sounds in the barn yesterday in the middle of the morning. I left my phone on record and went off to hang out the washing. So there is no-one in the barn but you and the animals. I…
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4 Times a Day
Look at these lovely wee goats. I will be bottle feeding four times a day. They have holders that the bottles slide into so I can feed four kids at a time. Goats are so much more polite than lambs, so it is not too much of a hardship. And only for another three weeks. The…
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The Kids
Here they are. Our new milking goats. La Manchas are here. I have just a few photos for you and some introductions. They are such nice animals. They love to be stroked and are not noisy at all. Quiet wee goats but busy, busy. Goats love people and also love chewing on people. I am really…
The Kitchen's Garden 