Tag: cows
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Sharing The Puddle

For some extraordinary reason – puddles have better water than bowls. Especially in the rain. The retirement home for chooks is growing! Though this one black chicken in the front of the above shot is a layer. When we sort out the hen house she will go back in. Some of the roosters are being…
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A Pumpkin a day keeps the Doctor Away

The cows are eating six or seven pumpkins a day. The pigs eat one between them. Even the chickens eat pumpkin! But I think it might take a while to get through our huge load. This image (below) was taken at the property of the boy down the road who grew and sold almost 5000…
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Winterizing the Pond

How did it get to be Friday already? Natures brilliant colour is summers last hurrah. Summers departure is now imminent. Cold is coming. The chimneys have been cleaned and the big fire is lit. I had an excellent discussion with a pond person the other day; trying to get my head around preparing the fish…
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The Long Low Light.

In every way. Low in the sky. Late in the day. And rain was coming. And I had been cleaning out the barn. R and I had been talking as we were sweeping. She went outside to grab something. Popping her head back around the post she says. They are listening. The cows. Standing just…
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Feeding Hay to Friendly Cows: not as easy as it sounds.

Though it remains warm the cows green feed in the fields is diminishing. The light is less. The cold not here yet. But the cows are demanding hay more often now. So they receive two bales of hay a day. All spread out in the fields so they continue to manure these hungry fields of…

