Category: homesteading
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Misty
The old people (and my neighbours who are not old at all) say that for “For every fog in August, there will be a snowfall in the winter.” Though this saying does not rhyme so I am not sure I trust it. and “If a cold August follows a hot July, it foretells a winter hard…
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Sometimes a Little
We are still fencing. The Fencer and I. Missing Berit. Gracie has the weekend off so she went shopping with The Matriarch so they could work some more on improving her English. (Grace’s objective is to improve her spoken English in preparation for studying in Wisconsin soon.) So Boo, The Fencer and I spent all…
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Treasure
The Fencer calls Tima – The Terrorist. He is not far wrong. Daisy is starting to settle down and Poppy is beginning to look like a proper pig. We worked on the fencing Across the Way at the Big Barn yesterday. Unearthing old gateways. And treasure – a beautiful old water pump. (see header image) Returning…
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Did I Forget something?
Above and below is Minouchki being beautiful. Yesterday, the kittens worked in the garden alongside Tima, Grace,Marmalade, Berrit and the dogs. They were very helpful. They had a lovely day! Though I was troubled. All day as I indulged in a day of weeding and gardening, I could not help cycling through the animals on…
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All good
I took this photo of the fruit bowl last night and then the internet went down. So I could not get ahead of myself. And I am late in from the chores this morning. Grace, fom Korea, has come and is sleeping in this morning and Berit is driving back from visiting with his family…
The Kitchen's Garden 