Tag: featured
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Naturally Hatched Chicks
And I thought I was the only one with chicks in the Late Summer. But chickens have other ideas. This mama hen was wandering about the big pig’s weedy garden. Her newly hatched chicks scratching about in their (the pigs) dinner spot. It did not feel safe. But there you are. As I write this…
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A Day for Myself
Yesterday was way more than the day I expected. I had a day for myself. Actually an afternoon, but it felt like a day. A whole afternoon for myself and a good friend. So yeah, the only photo I took was this one. (Below) (The sunrise was from this morning). A lovely drop, too! I…
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Chicks!!! Lots of Them!
Fifty in fact. All bright eyed and bushy tailed!! Plus they arrived a day early (which accounts for their excellent condition – they hatched on Monday – despatched on Wednesday). And of course I was not fully ready but thankfully both the heating lamps were working ok and Our John ran to the store to…
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Cover Crops Need Loving Too
Our cover crops in the big fields did not get a good start this year due to the dryness of the early summer. So there is a bit too much grass in there for my liking. Nature abhors a vacuum so where the red clover did not take off; a ditch grass grew. And in…
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In the Night, the Rain Came
Last night, it rained for hours. I stayed awake, I always do when it rains. I listened to the soothing sound of the steady rain and the distant hoots of an owl, as though his calls were carried by the raindrops themselves. I opened up the big doors and the windows all the better to…
The Kitchen's Garden 