Tag: celi
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A Tiny Cup of Moon
The weekend was lovely. Back on the farm getting everything back in order. There were lots of clouds and wind and a tiny bit of rain. But mostly clouds! This kind of light fully saturates colour. Wonderful for photography. A lot of walnuts fell to the ground in the winds. Which The Charlottes are thrilled…
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Saturday Special 😉
Because I was away all last week, I wanted to pop in today. I missed you all so! And don’t forget the Farmy Newsletter comes out tomorrow! At noon. Join if you would like that delivered to your inbox! Yesterday I built a run out into the grass for the white chickens. As you can…
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Back on the Farm: Exhausted but Moving Fast
I’m back on the farm and exhausted. But it was a successful trip. In California I consulted on a bakery set up then decluttered, packed, repacked and unpacked an entire house. Mostly alone. Mostly 10 – 11 hour days. Completed in 5 days. With one day off to take kids swimming. It was a stunning…
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Today we are fixing the Back of the Hen House.
That may sound pedestrian (fixing the hen house) but to do so I need to move the big pigs ~ FreeBee and Jude. So there will be ‘backwardsing’ before ‘forwardsing’. This is a very important repair. Jude has been pulling the wooden barn siding off the back of the building to get to the chook…
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The Times they are A’changing
The barn swallows are gone. The mosquitoes are rare now. The flies are still here. The starlings are appearing in great droves called murmurs. And the spiders webs have arrived. Everyone racing to fatten up for winter. Not me. I am racing to fill the shelves and freezer. The pumpkins are harvested. The blush of…
The Kitchen's Garden 