Category: Living the life
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Let’s call the whole thing off
Here is my first tomato. I have officially won the yearly competition to produce a tomato before the 4th of July. A little tomato to be sure. But still the promise of more to come. How to grow a winning tomato? Allow any size in the competition. Grow in a very sheltered flower garden at the bottom…
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A scrap of paper
I had a fantastic line to write to you today. The words came to me while I was eating dinner cooked by one of the volunteers surrounded by chattering and laughing young people. It was a sublime collection of words that encapsulated my day. So I tore off a little strip of paper towel from…
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Mirror, Mirror
On the Wall. Who is the peahen of them all? Vanity thy name is Geraldine. Now that the peahens are out they all spend a considerable amount of time in the garage looking at themselves in the mirror and they do preen too! Not everyone is impressed. Aunty Anna and Naomi across the way. Two…
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Hit in the head by a summer day.
Summer has finally hit. We were in the high 90’s (mid 30’s C) and even though this was officially a day off for my crew they were out there filling wallows and water troughs and watering new plants. Making sure all the animals did not come under stress from the heat. Manu had no problem…
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Late in the Day
Poor Poppy. We finished the electric fence. She and Manu came walking out. Poppy (the Hereford Sow) touched the fence and squealed with fright, ran to the other side and got hit again, balked, backed up then headed for a corner that was made with hog panels, not electrified of course, backed into it and…
The Kitchen's Garden 