Category: Humour
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Salsa Verde and the Piggies are Put through their Paces.
Remember these from the garden. Tomatillos. They hang like little paper lanterns. And inside the little paper lantern a tomato grows. A green tomato. A tomatillo. So yesterday Our John made Grilled Tomatillo Salsa Verde. Char grill tomatillo, capsicum (sweet pepper) and a couple of jalapenos until soft. Smash up. Add onion, lime juice, seasonings…
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Tomato and Basil Tart Tatine
I had a little pastry left over from making a steak and onion pie. So I thought I would have a go at making a Tomato Tart Tatine. I had seen one some where back in the winter but I can’t remember where. But I thought I remembered the method. So I picked and drained…
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TonTon saves the Baby Bobby Blanc
The only real herding that we have seen lately on the farm is Kupa herding the guineas. Watch this sequence. This goes on for ages sometimes, He will walk around and around them keeping them in one place….or moving them across the field and then back. Kupa was disconcerted yesterday because one of the guineas…
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The invisible pig party
Do you remember that episode of Roseanne? The sitcom. Or was it Rozanne? Years ago, when she appeared in that kitchen door looking like an absolute fright, hair all everywhere and says to John Goodman. “Do you think I’m purty?” What could he say. Daisy is way too young to have seen that but she…
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How to wash Skunk Stink off your Dog.
TonTon is all clean once again. In fact I would go so far as to say he is the cleanest he has ever been in his short life. So here is how I did it. When I first smelt the fresh skunk smell it was the middle of the night so he was left a…
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