Tag: cows
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The Fire is burning

We have lit the fire. But just for a few days. Last night and tonight are down below freezing. But then after the cold has killed off all my favourites (though the tomatoes are finished anyway and I picked the last of the aubergine and capsicums yesterday – I knew tomatoes were part of the…
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More eyes

My favourite time – well one of my favourite times – of the farm day, is the late evening – after dinner when all the dishes are newly washed and barely dried, resting in their warm stacks (I have given up on having a dishwasher – they just do not last with my electric shocking hands)…
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Only one Rule

You have to excuse my post titles. The Rule is that The Title has to be the first thing that comes to my poor beleaguered mind. This is Naomi (Lady Astors daughter) and the Header is Sheila with her walnut nose. When the pigs eat walnuts their noses go orange! Hugo and I were discussing rules…
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The Little Stuff

How does one describe an ordinary day filled with the little stuff of life in a way that will both entertain and invigorate. As you know my promises are that every Kitchens Garden blog will be about Yesterday, it will be the unvarnished truth (no shining up) and it will be on my own little farm…
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The Day of Pigs

On the loose. Hugo and I made a dash for the feed store and the the grocery store (which was not as successful as I remember – it has been so long since I was in the supermarket that they have changed everything around.) So I lost more than I found anything and of course Hugo…

