Category: Living the life

• And then I had TWO broken pumps

  I went out yesterday morning to wind up the new old pump and get to milking  and it did not start, not a whisper not even a prayer. Nothing. Nada.  Zip. Silence.  I tried my one to see if maybe it was going to miraculously start, nothing there either. Tock Tock said Kupa from his…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  July 20, 2012

  Life, Sustainable farming

  cats, cecilia, hand milking, Mary’s Cat, pigs, pigs get out, pumps, The kitchen’s garden

• Home made Frozen Yoghurt Icecream and the Pump

  That wretched reconditioned ‘will run forever’  pump that powers my wee milker started making a funny noise yesterday.  A whirring weeoo weeoo noise. In fact it has been slowly winding itself down for a few days now. Much to the rising alarm of Daisy and I. I called around and there is No-one I can…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  July 19, 2012

  Life, Sustainable farming

  frozen yoghurt ice cream, Kitchen Aid iceream maker, Oilskin coat, sky and clouds, vacuum pump, Wet and Dry Coat

• Who Left the Gate Open?

  Now,  what is wrong with this picture? Exactly. Hairy MaClairy in with Mama.  Pretending he is not really there! Way too early for that carry on Hairy! The onions have statted lifting themselves so they are being hung out to dry.  Onions have done very well this year. So have my Easter Chickens. They still…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  July 18, 2012

  Life, Sustainable farming

  cow in sunset, farming, global warming, pollution, sheep, sore mouth in sheep, spraying crops, taking control

• A Fat Farmy Day Drenched in Spray

  Mary’s Cat is being followed and bombed by barn swallows wherever she goes.  (Audrey close your eyes). Because these guys are about ready to take their first flights. They are so patient these little birds. Out-growing their nest and watching the milking from above twice a day.  Did I tell you that their nest is…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  July 17, 2012

  Bees, Life, Organic farming, Sustainable farming

  barn swallows, cats, fat pigs, fattening hogs, insecticide damage, life, pesticide damage

• Summer rhythm

  We are now finally settling into a summer rhythm. After all the births and the weanings and the schedules. The setting up and taking down and setting up again. the milking, the feeding,  the cooking and the gardening move in and out, giving and taking a little, but basically the days are settled  into a…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  July 14, 2012

  Bees, Farm Animals, Humour, Life, Sustainable farming

  cows, farm days, honey bees, muscles on arms, sheep, summer, summer rhythms