Tag: farming
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Guardian Pig
We tried to get Sheila my big tall, long, not too fat Hereford Pig to go for a walk yesterday but she was having none of it. She is a big lass and not too young and was feeling the heat. Though I was grateful for the windy heat as it was drying my hay. But…
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I Love it.
Eating frozen-cold home made ice cream and drinking really hot Gumboot Tea at the same time. The trick is to take a big mouth of scalding hot tea, swallow and while your mouth is still hot add a spoonful of ice-cream. I love it! Yesterday the girls took over the kitchen (as well as their…
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Meet the cattle
I am not sure how many animals of the bovine variety one needs to be running in a field before you can call it a herd of cattle. However I am thinking that I have two tiny herds. Both beef varieties and dairy. There is the mini herd at the home farm. Txiki (pronounced Chickie)…
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Aunty’s Day
My sister, The Aunty (who is visiting from Israel) said she would buy half of a lovely red Angus/ Short horn heifer I have had my eye on, for our Aunty’s Day present to each other. And since it was impractical to bring home half a cow I bought the other half, then with John driving…
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A Peacock Train
I was up in the peacock palace yesterday to take photographs of Mr Flowers and his train. There is a particular sound he makes when he lifts his tail feathers up to tantalise the ladies so if you follow that sound you are pretty likely to see his display. Unless of course there is a…
The Kitchen's Garden 