Category: Living the life
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Cows love their babies too
Alex and Txiki. Alex is such a good mother – she is with her baby all the time and is totally devoted. She would never leave her baby all alone down the back of the field in a storm. Alex always knows where her baby is. Lady Astor on the other hand seldom knows where her…
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Aunty Anna
The new heifer, Aunty Anna, was allowed out into the field with the others for two hours yesterday to eat some fresh green grass – then back into the barn with her new friends. She has eaten a lot of grain in her short life so her belly will need to be slowly introduced to…
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Aunty’s Day
My sister, The Aunty (who is visiting from Israel) said she would buy half of a lovely red Angus/ Short horn heifer I have had my eye on, for our Aunty’s Day present to each other. And since it was impractical to bring home half a cow I bought the other half, then with John driving…
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All good
I have a surprise coming for Aunty’s Day tomorrow. (I have always found Mothers Day just a little too Sugary for me – I much prefer Aunty’s Day). And as my sister is visiting, and is The Aunty in residence so we have an Aunty’s Day surprise for you. Watch this space! So I am…
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Baby Pictures
Nothing like baby animals on the farm. This Bobby still surprises me with his vigor. He is dancing about and chasing birds and dogs. A happy bull calf. Lady Astor has already introduced him to Alex and her girl. And when I went out in the night to bring them in from the back field for…
The Kitchen's Garden 