Category: Life
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The Bee Hive goes Up a Level
Still wrapped in the gentleness of the summer glide we had a productive day yesterday. Summer sauce went into jars. Dried capsicum into jars. Stuff I am not going to eat came Out of jars and into the mouths of my piglets. I have a terrible habit of keeping things in jars just because they…
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The Rising of the Ark
Not the 2 x 2 Ark we have had no rain for a while but the 47 Chickens On Grass Ark. Scrapper is unimpressed. Kupa is just not the bird he used to be. But my vase of peacock feathers is glorious. Don’t worry they will grow back in time for spring and next year…
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Some Most Excellent News! At last!
I took a bite of an apple to see if it was ready to be picked.. not quite but still very tasty, crisp and warm from the sun. But that is not the good news. I took all these shots yesterday before I even got the news. The Duke of Kupa probably knew before us.…
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Boys and Chicks
I love having children on the farm. Just having fun. After the mandatory swim, this fellow gathers eggs, feeds the cats, (Egoli was found at his house so he always brings him and Tiba a little pot of food each). He picks tomatoes in the gardens then settles down with a little jar of dried…
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Pneumonia takes Piglet.
One of the piglets has died. The little one. He had pneumonia. Pigs show no signs of pneumonia until they are far advanced. No coughing or runny nose. Not even a hot nose actually. Just a creeping lethargy I suppose. Lack of appetite and then eventually no appetite at all. I noticed the night before…
The Kitchen's Garden 