Category: Life
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storm threatening
The sky is getting darker as I write. The winds are howling hurling the humid air about. Threatening to rain on my hay for the next 24 hours. I have just come in from chores for a quick breakfast. The baler man is almost here on his way to another field and then I am going to…
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Fighting Roosters
Yes I know that technically they are called cock fights but I think that is rude! These two have been fighting for days because they keeping calling time out and taking breaks. But oh my they look like they have been in the wars. Poppy managed to stay in her own field for a full day…
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The Best Of May
It is the last day of May. Yesterday Nanette reminded me that I asked her to remind me and so she has reminded me that the last day of the month is here, so that I could do a Best of the Month Post. I have loaded all the ones I love the most for you. Because…
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Hay laid Down
And Heat turning up. Though, we had a foggy start yesterday the warm wind came up and commenced to dry the hay nicely. Fingers crossed. Daisy’s production is still holding steady at 45 – 50 pounds per milking. (That is over 90 pounds a day. Eating nothing but good forage and weeds and kale, carrots…
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Shifty Chooks
Yesterday the chickens and I played musical chairs. Well musical pens actually. Watched closely by a very muddy Sheila. Lulu came wandering around the corner and did a very fast about-turn! Horrors. Filthy pig, she said. Sheila was unapologetic. Until my new chook house is built we are still pressed for space for chickens. I flatly…
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