Tag: country
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BEAT THE WAITING WITH A STICK
HUNKERING down. Closing one’s eyes and accepting that the weather has turned rotton seems to work for the animals. The rain has come with my least favourite wind. The Nor’East. Strong. And back in they went the animals. Two by two and three by three and even six. Into their beds and corners. Out they come…
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PORCINE SLEEP DEPRIVATION
When I was a Mum of little babies I used to moan my arse off about having no sleep. Baby got me up TWICE or even God Help Us FOUR times in the night. I would cry. Poppy the sow feeds her piglets every hour – almost ON the hour. But she does it with her…
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IN HEAT
Every now and then we have to talk of “country matters.” Molly came into heat yesterday and Manu was invited to “visit”.
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THE MUD COME’ITH
The rain has brought forth mud and growth. The good, the bad and the ugly. “Roses have thorns, and silver fountains mud; …” Shakespeare
The Kitchen's Garden 