Category: Photography
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Chicks!!! Lots of Them!
Fifty in fact. All bright eyed and bushy tailed!! Plus they arrived a day early (which accounts for their excellent condition – they hatched on Monday – despatched on Wednesday). And of course I was not fully ready but thankfully both the heating lamps were working ok and Our John ran to the store to…
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Birds of a Feather – Flock Wherever
Mr Flowers seems to spend his entire day sneaking up on me, peering around corners, looking in windows, checking doors for lapsed latches. I believe he is sending silent silent signals to me to throw more tiny tomatoes his way. What is the name of the sound when you flick your tongue from the roof…
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Labor Day Cooking
The thistle fields baling is complete. Today when I am not cooking for the Labor Day gathering I will take the tractor and lift the bales where they have fallen and stack them into the two piles. This will be todays workout! Haymaking is great for the body. One of these bale castles will be…
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Tips for a Deluxe Tomato Paste
Tomato Conserva is a sauce rendered to the very essence of a sun ripened tomato. It is next level tomato paste and super easy to make. (Just choose a cool day because the oven will be on (low) for a few hours). Tomato Conserva is so special that I freeze it in jars so it…
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Making Wild Plum Brandy
But that’s not all. Oh no, that is not all! The farm is up and running and dragging the kitchen along with it and I have not even begin on the gardens. How many words do you like to read in a blog. Especially a farm lifestyle blog. Because that is what this is! A…
The Kitchen's Garden 