Tag: farming
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The Turkey House
Yesterday it was raining so we moved to building the Turkey House. I call it the turkey house but really it is for the chicks as they transition to the pasture. Some of the chicks will be turkeys we hope. Today I will call and see where our turkey eggs are. Much to John’s relief Federico…
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Tick tack
When Mr Flowers has his tail up at full power he does this funny thing. Imagine the tail spread out as an enormous fan, maybe 150 to 200 feathers , now count in ten feathers from the right and imagine the next four feathers on the far right as one panel and four more on…
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Raw Milk
In the evening, just before the pigs dinner I let them out into the field for a run and a grass munch. There is not a lot of grass yet so there is still a danger of them rooting. So their grass break is not very long. But they eat the whole time.Pigs! Then they…
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Kids and Kunes
This title is a little misleading. I took the kids in to visit with the kunes but they studiously ignored each other. There was no Kids ‘And’ Kunes at all. The pigs were on one side and the goats on the other. I am still working on the field. No sooner do I plug a hole up…
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Up before the Sun
There are many things about farming that I love. One of them is milking. So one of the joys of farming is the early mornings when it is just me and the cow, her calf and the sun rising and the gentle flow of fresh milk. This is a shot out to the West – Before the…
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