Category: weather
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Farmers and the Weather
To be honest. Most farmers begin any discussion with talk about the weather. The weather makes all the difference in our day. You can tell a farmer because they can find a way to moan about the weather even when it is perfect. That’s me! A woman said to me the other day she tries…
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Stonkered by the Heat.
Like a sail in a changing wind we have yawed from unusually cold to extreme heat. And the animals – all except the PopPops – are floored by it. Including me. I failed to keep hydrated. On average a person needs only a litre of water a day – or a cup per hour –…
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Wind and Rain, No Pictures Make
It is early morning here on the plains. And while a lot of Illinois got wild weather overnight all we have here at the farm is wind and cold. No-one was particularly disappointed. About the lack of wild weather. And someone is still on a diet. Both these someone’s actually. Talking of diets. My daughter…
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The Cardinals have Come Back
I don’t know where they go at the end of summer but they always disappear late summer then reappear for the winter and spring when they nest in the high trees. I sometimes wonder if they are escorting their teenagers off the property. Though that feels a wee bit Grimm – a tad Hansel and…
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Loving the new set up
The sun was out yesterday and everyone was lying about in it. Abundant Sun sounds so glorious. Today we have abundant sun and abundant wind too but hopefully it will dry up some of the mud! Today may be a lovely 55f (13c) but by Sunday we will be down to 21f (-6c). These wild…
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