Tag: farming
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Playing along
I was taking all our shots yesterday with my phone but I must have inadvertently turned on a high noise filter. Still.. .. life is not always crystal clear. I think these images will look better on a small screen. For once you smarty pants phone viewers will be the winners. And the images are…
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Poppy and her Piglets
Still with my heart in my mouth I check the piglets a few times a day. They have found their little heated creep which fills me with relief. Their Mama can sleep and get up and down and move around without having to worry about stepping on a sleeping baby. I set up their little…
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The Cadet and I
Yesterday we had an old fashioned day and the Cadet and I toddled about the farm doing our work. Just the two of us. We picked apples for the dehydrator and pies, and apples off the ground for the pigs. We found a butterfly – a monarch – in a wood of milkweed – a protected plant…
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From A little Mermaid
Because there has been so much more rain. I feel like I am swimming through the days. Yesterday it simply poured almost all day. Again. The rain carried dread with it. We wish for rain, but too much of anything carries its own punishment. I thought of mermaids as we sloshed through huge murky puddles…
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A Good Kick in the Face
Yesterday was a beautiful day. After all the storms and tornadoes, that were kept well clear of my gardens but wreaked havoc in other towns close by, the day dawned fine and clear if a little drippy. Allison was the 1940’s Kitchen Mama. Kim was the chicken lady and gardener (plus seamstress but we will get into that…
The Kitchen's Garden 