Tag: hereford pig

• Guess who has come home!

  I got up before dawn yesterday morning, after a night fretting about Sheila and decided to bring her home. That is that, I thought. Bad weather was coming again. She was not well. I told the nice young fella that I was worried about the limping and her wound and I might come and take…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  January 31, 2014

  Farming, Humour, Life, Photography

  animal photography, Ayrshire cow, Barn, Beautiful cows, bringing home Sheila, cows, farm photography, hereford pig, homesteading, sustainable farming, The kitchen’s garden

• Blankets for Pigs

  Last night was not so cold, but late in the night I got it into my head that Sheila, my big Hereford pig, needed a blanket – and you know how these thoughts are, after the initial thought, nothing will turn it away.. not even the promise of sleep.  You see, when I went out…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  December 1, 2013

  Farming, homesteading, Humour, Life, Photography

  aryshire cow, blankets for pigs, hereford cow, hereford pig, pig, pregnant cows

• Red door

  This is what the kiwi builder was up to. He and John put in the first of the red doors (there are three)… the inside of the door is red too so when it stands open all summer the colour is still present. The Goldilocks windows.. these are the most extravagant of the windows but…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  April 2, 2013

  Farming, homesteading, Photography

  farm photos, hereford heifer, hereford pig, images, John Deere, milk and honey bath, pea hen, splitter for fire wood, tiny house

• How to steam eggs – no need to boil at all.

  I have always had trouble peeling boiled eggs.  No matter what method I tried I could not do it. Every egg I peeled looked .. well .. pitted, mauled, savaged. I never had this problem when I was young but in my impatient adult years I developed some kind of egg peeling condition. But I…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  February 10, 2013

  Farming, Life, Recipes

  eggs, food, hereford pig, how to steam eggs, steaming eggs, winter honey

• From Gray to Kupa’s Way

  The days work begins and ends in the pitch dark now, though yesterday was warm, the day was gray.  I know winter is coming, the light is dimming, but these last few warm days have been a delightful respite.   L’il Puss The Scrapper’s bottom is kept comfy. He has very generously offered to keep…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  November 21, 2012

  Farming, Life, Photography, Sustainable farming, Vegetarian, Writing

  Daisy the cow, gray day, hereford pig, house cow, peacock plumage, peacock train, sheep, The kitchen’s garden, vegetable stock, winter coming