Tag: farming

• A Day on the Couch

  Well it was SO cold. It never even reached above Freezing Point yesterday.  And the day before yesterday I overdid it just a little. So I had to have a rest day which means no sitting down, no bending over and no lifting. My kefir mother had been working for  24 hours so  I made…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  December 6, 2013

  Farming, Life, Photography, Recipes

  apple custard pie, ewes, farming, homesteading, rams

• the mantle of fog settles on the farmy

  “Fog is made up of condensed water droplets which are the result of the air being cooled to the point (actually, the dewpoint) where it can no longer hold all of the water vapor it contains.”  Well, that is the scientific reason. The real reason is that we all need to rest our minds and have a wee…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  December 4, 2013

  homesteading, Life, Photography

  cow, farm photography, farming, fog, fog on the farm, how to make hot chocolate, The kitchen’s garden

• Good news and Lots of Sweetness

  Marmalade still loves Boo Boo. But that is not the good news. We all know about the Marmalade and Boo Boo show! Everyone loves the new hay. But that is not the good news either. The Good news is that the Duke of Kupa is not doing the gaggy face anymore. The gaping. And rasping.…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  December 2, 2013

  homesteading, Humour, Life, Photography

  animal photography, cat, farming, hereford pigs, homesteading, peacock, sheep, The Duke of Kupa, The kitchen’s garden

• The New Daily View

  Yes, the Daily View has changed. No more tree house and a lot less foliage. But still minor compared to a lot of damage around the area. Here is the Daily View from exactly a year ago. If you want to check out that post you will see that  Kupa’s tail feathers were much more…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  November 21, 2013

  homesteading, Life, Photography

  farming, old barn, The Daily View, The kitchen’s garden

• A perfect housekeeper is my pig.

  Every  evening before bed-time Sheila has a little routine. I am allowed to place her clean straw on top of the old straw and she carefully tears it apart and pushes it this way and that until he has a nice high soft bed. She spends some time getting it just right before she settles…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  November 14, 2013

  homesteading, Life, Photography

  clean pigs, farming, homesteading, pregnant cows