Tag: farming
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The new wild gardens
The new wild gardens down the back are about to burst out in full bloom The most dramatic being the sunflowers. I have the list of seeds somewhere I must find it for you. I will leave it in the comments later this morning. Wai the Armadillo is quite sprightly now though I am concerned…
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Lazy Saturday
Kind of. I gave myself a wee sleep in this morning – until 6.30 – which meant I slept through my writing time but I knew you would not mind. Here is yesterday. And this morning as Boo and Ton and I drove along the track on the 4wheeler (Boo behind me and Ton sitting…
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Eclectic
Today my new farm worker arrives. If all goes well she will stay a few months which will be nice. She has been working on a goat farm so I look forward to hearing her story. We all have a story. Many of us have more than one. If you only had one word…
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Crackling along
Because Wai The Armadillo Pig is not allowed outside in the sunshine during the day, I have opened up the barn corridors so he can roam about in there. Generally he does not want to go anywhere and I have to get out a big board and herd him out for a walk. Exercise is…
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Shine then Rain
It was hot again yesterday, stinking hot, even the chickens declined the outside and stood about in front of their fan for the afternoon. Though they still laid their two dozen eggs right on queue. The temperatures bleached the sky yesterday. The heat reached up into the high 90’s again, not unusual around here but…
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