Tag: farming
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Deep Down Jude is a Whale
He is just so big. He is a whale pig. It is a little warmer today so I dug out the big South doors to let light and air into the barn. I hate it when they are closed. The doors. It feels defeated. I am just not heavy enough to move these doors when…
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Your Day is finished
Oh. Gods. The Relief. When you can say that to yourself. Our Day is Finished. When I say this to the dogs, and they know that they and I are done for the day. Animals are fed. Animal beds are deep and dry. Animals waters are flipped over so they are not full of frozen…
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Sun Dogs at my Heels.
The Patient had an early appointment this morning. So I was out even earlier in the morning feeding the cows and pigs and chickens in the dark. The wind had blown gently and very coldly all night. I followed my own footsteps in the snow from last nights chores. A bucket in each hand and…
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Hell is not hot. It is Deep Cold.
Do you remember the polar vortex of 2014? I think it was ‘14. We hit -20 and stayed there for way too long. That was a bad winter. Though there were two of us farming then. We lost The Duke of Kupa that winter. That was the first time I had ever heard the term…
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The Storm arrived …
And today is not going to be pleasant. Since I woke up this morning (at 5am) to start my writing (for the Sustainable Sunday Letter) we have had snow, sleet, rain and very strong easterly winds. This image, below is called ‘Through the Glass Easterly.” They call it a wintry mix. Which sounds like a…
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