Tag: Barn
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Writing and farming below freezing
Yesterday was colder than ever and the wind was blowing fiercely scoring the skin off my face and the water out of my own eyes. So cold that if you are doing the dishes and your hands are a little wet, and you pop outside for a piece of wood for the stove and then…
Cecilia Mary Gunther
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Mini apple pies in mason jar rings
Have you ever thought of using preserving jar rings to create personal little pies? Mini apple pies adapted from here . I found this idea on pinterest. (Join me there if you would like. I post my favourite image from each farm day on my pinterest page, when I remember. and when I have one!) To make…
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The Goldilocks Windows
Designing and building a tiny self contained house disguised as a wing, with a chicken coop as its influence, has been both a challenge and a delight. Of course I am not doing the actual building. I was speaking metaphorically. The Kiwi Builder is doing all the building with a sure input to the structural…
Cecilia Mary Gunther
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Home again, Home again, Jiggedy Jig.
And here we are back on the farmy. After an uneventful and long, long couple of flights to Chicago from Auckland, I was whisked away from the madding crowds of airport people, with all its suspicion and controlled chaos and driven back to the howling prairies. The wind has been blowing out of the North…
Cecilia Mary Gunther
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Storm Drill
Yesterday after Thanksgiving dinner I rallied the troops and we went out to the barn to practice a storm drill. When a storm comes in, often we do not have a lot of time to get all the animals into the barn. And depending on where they are outside and where their designated pens are inside,…
The Kitchen's Garden 