Tag: milking cows
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How to dry Parsley
Brown bag it. The best way to dry parsley is to pick it when it is at its best, put it into a brown paper bag, tape the bag closed and leave in the back of your fridge for a few months. When it is dry, place in a sealed jar and store in the pantry. It…
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Rain
It rained almost all day yesterday. Lovely gentle warm rain. I came in from the evening chores soaked to the first layer and happy as a lark. The trees are blooming. Here are two of my favourites: Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ This is the most wonderful little tree. She just bloomed yesterday, will not bloom for long,…
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Pig Farrowing Huts
This morning, the moment after I’ Press Publish’, I will leap up and gently turn the incubating eggs (one more day of ‘turning’ to go) then on with the hoodie, the extra pair of socks, farm overalls, the scarf, hattie, jacket, gloves then overgloves then I am off out the door – feed the two…
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The Kitchen’s Garden’s 2013 Garden has Begun.
Is that even a sentence? There must be about four grammatical errors in that title! However: the broccoli is up. The cabbages, leeks, celery and onions are sown. And the first wave of tomatoes have been sown too. The gardens have begun. No spring in sight but I can see the beginnings of the spring…
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A Tiny Thaw that Melted the Daily View
Get down off that wardrobe Thing One and go outside, it is a lovely day. Did Miss c make you go outside too? I am just watching The View melt. Did I miss something? No, we are watching The Thaw Tui. You can join us. Is it thaw time? No. It is just a thawy…
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