Tag: cow
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Walkabout the Farmy on May Day.
Ton and I had a busy productive day yesterday. I called the Swine Herd Man and apparently Sheila the Babe is only a week old, evidently pigs will also make you wait, even though you think you know when they are due, so she will be allowed to leave her Mother in a month. Waiting…
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Putting your Best Foot forward.
Our busy little corner of the world once again fell into that peaceful pool of ambient light, that adagio of gloaming. Yesterdays work floated along like a good wee farmy. I love it when we all search for a word. Words are such powerful scribbles. Such magnificent codes to decipher. You guys brought some perfect…
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Slumber party piggies
When I went to check the piggies in the morning yesterday they were nowhere to be found. Then I heard a grunt and a head popped up from below the straw. I have been saving old hay and straw for months now for their bedding and it had ended up ridiculously deep, about four foot…
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Hairy MacLairy gets his Own Way.
Someone is putting on weight. At this time of year and for at least another 6 weeks, if not longer, I have to keep the animals out of the fields for two reasons 1) so that the grass can grow. Daisy does not understand this. 2) So that large animals do not pug the…
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The last January Walky on the Farmy
TonTon and The Big Dog waiting for the walkies to commence. And no, I did not pose them that way. Big Dog is untrainable. You will note TonTon’s beseeching expression. The Big Dog still rules the roost and is obviously muttering mean threats. WHO is the housekeeper around here I want to ask. Does she…
The Kitchen's Garden 