Tag: farming
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Sheila speaks. (audio)
Last night everything was quiet in the home barn, the wind had dropped, the birds were roosting and the cows munched quietly in the background so while I put Sheila and the kune-kunes to bed under their respective covers, I recorded the discussion between Sheila (my big old Hereford pig) and I. Our good night talk. A…
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Up Close. Very Close.
And personal. Always. Up close and personal. Both the turkeys and their ever present associate and ringleader Geraldine the pea hen. As I dole out the feed into separate bowls for the pigs, they have their heads in the pigs bowls, as I lean in to scoop chicken feed into the white bucket they are leaning…
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Mr Flowers and his Tail
Wonderful isn’t it. You would think that carrying that length of tail around would be a bother but I suppose feathers do not weigh much. And it will keep growing yet. Last night the temperatures dipped down as low as -7F (-21C) . With wind. Pretty cold. And the wind makes it bitter cold. Everyone got an…
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Do you ever feel …
… like you are living the same thing each year? Over and over again. The same progression. I almost called this post Blowing Snow. I must have called twenty posts Blowing Snow in the last four or so years that we have been writing and reading this blog together. Snow falls then it blows. Often. …
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Tucking in the piggies
And so it got colder. Cows always do the best in the cold. They carry a belly full of hay that behaves like a compost heap a hot compost heap. A healthy cow is warmed from the inside. Unlike my white truck that was encased in ice yesterday morning and I could not even open the door.…
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