Tag: farming
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storm threatening
The sky is getting darker as I write. The winds are howling hurling the humid air about. Threatening to rain on my hay for the next 24 hours. I have just come in from chores for a quick breakfast. The baler man is almost here on his way to another field and then I am going to…
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The Best Of May
It is the last day of May. Yesterday Nanette reminded me that I asked her to remind me and so she has reminded me that the last day of the month is here, so that I could do a Best of the Month Post. I have loaded all the ones I love the most for you. Because…
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A box of birds
More chicks arrived in the post yesterday. These are the chickens I will grow for a number of family freezers. It will take 8 weeks. I will grow two waves of chickens for the freezers. I hope to start another set in 5 weeks time. Each chick is given a drink as I take it out…
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Flux
Every time another change happens on the farmy I need to pause, reset, and adjust so that I can sensibly create another workable routine. I have a milk cow, a beef cow, dairy calf, beef calves, sheep, pigs, chickens, big ones and little ones and baby chicks, peacocks, peahens, the ducklings, dogs, bees, cats and Tima, (Tima the Naughty is…
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All is Forgiven
Yesterday morning I was in a right grump. It was cold and raining and COLD and RAINING. I know it is bad to be in a grump about it being cold and raining with so many of you in California in a terrible drought but I was grumpy. Logic plays no part in grumpiness. …
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