Tag: homesteading
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What you Missed on the Weekend
People tell me that I should take photos all in a day then make five posts from them and send them out like other content creators all scheduled to go out day after day. A good use of my time they say. Efficient use of my content they say. WRONG! Here is why: Things on…
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The Mad Kings Garden
Yesterday R and I put a panel across the mad kings broken garden gate and let the Charlottes in to the mad kings garden to clean up. Neglected vegetable gardens are gold for pigs! The Mad Kings garden had gotten totally out of control but for some reason him indoors did not want anyone else…
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I sat Down for a Minute
I cleared out some old dead(ish) bushes from the front of the house and so Tima has shifted camp to under the hydrangea (which is a disaster for the hydrangea) but Mayes for a cute picture! Happy Fourth of July for those who observe. I was chatting to one of my junior farm hands yesterday.…
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A summer Day on the Farm
I am cleaning in the barn and the yards twice a day now to keep the flies down. And out of my cattle’s eyes. It is good work. Strong work. Scooping the pens and carrying the manure and wet straw out to the pile. Cleaning up the last corners. I take no shortcuts – preferring…
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An overview
Another noisy night but by morning the wind is down and the clouds seem settled. And listening to a storm is better for a body than reading the news – I know that! The farm is green and fertile and growing like mad. HERE IS a short 10 minute walk about the FARM. We walk…
The Kitchen's Garden 