Category: homesteading
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Mum said …
When I was a very young mother (and I was very young indeed.. I married ridiculously young to a perfectly nice boy ) My mother said to me.. OK, you have proved you are a really good housekeeper, now you have a baby – so just be a Mum. She was not a Saint, she was just…
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Shifting Pigs
The girls and I finished cleaning out the barn yesterday. I have to admit it was a couple of days of heavy work. But in the end all the dirty straw was piled down the back in a new compost heap. It was steaming! And Sheila and Poppy have been moved back into their winter quarters…
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Early mornings
There is a slight chill in the air in the early mornings now. Though it has NOTHING to do with the approach of autumn. Just a slight dip in temperatures that is all. Summer will come back. My early morning walk over to see the calves is turning into my favourite part of the day……
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Electrics
I did not blog yesterday because I was undergoing a Power Surge. I began to write at 4am. Then went onto the internet to begin sending. Nothing. All of a sudden. It came back after a while but flickered in and out. Later in the morning after getting the girls to help me tidy all the…
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Chickens Run
And there is no apostrophe on purpose. Because the chickens were running out their new door. Into their new run. The AHA moment. There is a good door too for when I lock them back in at night. The girls laboured all day to get this chooks run finished, once the rain had stopped. And…
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