Tag: farming
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frostbite and frothy vomit
What to do if your pig is vomiting – call your vet of course. But vets don’t grow on trees and nor does money. This little pig came rushing out for breakfast as usual (so he was not sick), shoved the others out of the way and lunged at the apples (the fattest greedy little…
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thinking about: jumping
“Because, there might be adventure where ever I land” said little pig. “There might be adventure but there will be a sore head.” says the big chicken. Interestingly no little pigs have jumped off the top of the bales and into the corridors and away. “We are leaving all the breaking and entering to the…
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from the archives. june 2012
June 25, 2012 – milking Daisy. This is the milking routine with Daisy. When I first started milking cows on the farm. Way back when. Good morning. I wanted to document a milking in pictures for you. This was easier said than done as I needed to bring in people unfamiliar with my camera (Our…
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the sou’wester blows warmer but the chill remains
The wind has flipped to the Sou’wester which is a warmer wind in this hemisphere. Though it is only 8 degrees. F. So warm is a relative term. And the long wall in my study is south facing so it’s a bit chillier than previous days in here today. The wind affects houses in different…
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off their trotters with horror
Ice now blankets the farm. I was moaning about the cold last week but the real cold is here now. I take all that other cold moaning back. I now long for it to rise back into the 20’s. I move carefully about the farm in an undignified shuffle. Some areas are flat and smooth…
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