Tag: farming
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HOW RUDE

A FIELD of thistles needed hoeing yesterday so Wai and the dogs and the hoe and I got to work and hand hoed the whole area. I am going to learn how to sow seed myself as this weedy patch is the direct result of no cover crop in there for the winter. The pigs…
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TXIKI SAYS NO

TXIKI decided not to go with the herd when I moved the cows on the West Side into the pigs paddock, yesterday. She kept walking to the gate then turning tail and rushing back to the safety of the barn. All day she stayed on the other side, eschewing the fresh new albeit short grass…
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THE LINE UP

POPPY’S Six are growing like weeds. They were three weeks old yesterday and I am in no hurry to wean them so they will continue to grow like weeds.
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THE TURKEY HOUSE MESS

TODAY I am going to relocate the ducklings to the floor of the turkey house. Ducklings grow fast – they are only just a week old. But already they are too big for that tub. They need lots of room to grow and make a mess in.


