Tag: featured
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No Flying, Quacker
I keep checking the weather forecast urgently for rain. Again and again through the day, as though the flurry of my fingers will bring in the clouds. Similar to a certain person opening and closing the refrigerator door again and again as though a pre-cooked feast will miraculously appear in the vegetable drawer. We got…
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A Run Around
I cannot bear being locked up or locking anything up. People, birds or animals. Their enclosures are always big and full of greens and light. But it hurts me to have animals behind doors. A farmer has to. Close gates. I know that. But with the ducklings gone I let the chicks out of the…
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The Piglets have Arrived!
Sometimes I have a dozen pictures but yesterday because we took three hours out of the day to collect the new piglets the work became hurried. And I just forgot to take photos. 🤭 But our first group of piglets have arrived and they are great! The piglets are all very active. One just started…
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The Best Little Mother Hen
This was a tough weekend. Hay making is always hard work. Almost a lesson in perseverance. Pushing through. And it takes a while summer to get in shape when you are a lady of a certain age. We have to make hay. Feeding the animals from our own land is critical to the bottom line…
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Grumpy WaiWai
No piglets yet. And probably none coming. That is how I am thinking at the moment. I am waiting on one more breeder to get back to me. We may have missed our window again. But – ah well. The Chicks Still doing well! Here is a still from their video going out on TkG…
The Kitchen's Garden 