Category: Life
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Just when you thought it was safe
Just when you thought it was safe. The piglets start to hide in the straw to keep the flies off. Charlotte and I had such a time yesterday trying to keep track of them all. And now I have to worry about their mother standing on them again. They are hidden in there. But at…
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I can’t find Pania the Peahen .. now what could she be up to?
Tui the peahen is still on her nest (her eggs are due to hatch on July 2nd) and Pania the other peahen has slowly become more and more absent. And now I have no idea where she is. There are a few more hiding places to search but Hmm… I think to myself. I wonder…
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Sad news about Number Nine
Very quietly yesterday, Number Nine died, laid between his mother’s front legs, right under her raised chin. His nose directly below hers. He was there with his siblings and his mother not moving from him. He had not been rejected to die alone in a corner like many animals, he died right there with his…
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How to Treat Organic Pear Trees with Fire Blight
Sigh. The young pear trees have fire blight. If I remember correctly Blight is bacterial, it will enter your tree through a wound or badly timed pruning cut. It loves warm wet weather. When all your new fruit shrivels up and the new growth dies back it is likely that you have Fire Blight. It…
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What to do when your puppy brings you rat poison
After your heart has sunk. And you have reached into his reluctant mouth and carefully lifted the offending little brick of poison over his teeth and out of his mouth. We were visiting a friend and it was one of those moments when you are chatting and not watching the dogs as closely as you…
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