Tag: homesteading
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Mud, Mud, Mud.
Our feet are growing webs. The rain has rained for days now, maybe weeks – on and off – On and off. The land drinks it all up in between squalls. I feel bad for California – you would think that osmosis would enable some of this water to creep across the country. Because we…
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Easterly
The Easterly is my least favourite wind, our prevailing wind is the Sou’ wester. All the trees bend that way, so the sleeping arrangements in the barn have (like the trees) evolved as shelters bending to shield themselves from this wind. When a cold Easterly comes flying in with snow and rain on its back…
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Cats in Hiding
The kittens have heard that next week they are off to have their ‘operations.’ So they are exploring hiding places. I can still see you, you know. Hide again. I can still see you this time too. Egoli quite likes riding in the car and wonders if he can take his perfectly healthy paw for…
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Kids Love Kids
Yesterday was a wonderful day on the Kitchens Garden Farm blog. We all stepped over the divide from the written word to Barn Yard Sound Bites! . That is actually a big step you know. Ground breaking. We cannot go back. You have HEARD the farm now. And we loved it. People were playing the barn animals…
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Chipping
Elsie and Lady Astor, the Dutch Belted Dairy cows, went through their pretend milking routine with perfect precision yesterday afternoon. So you CAN teach old cows new tricks. They walked into the milking parlour one at a time. Lady A first, as usual. Elsie waiting patiently.(They come in through the door on the left of your…
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