Slowly but steadily, I am getting all the pigs into their Pig Pastures with all the good green feed.
HOME again, home again. Jiggedy Jig.
WELL, Almost everyone.
Posted on February 22, 2018
by Cecilia Mary Gunther
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Believe it or not there are signs that the seasons are changing. Slowly – slowly. The icy muck tells us that the struggle between winter and summer has begun.
Category: Farm Animals, Farming, PhotographyTags: cows, farming, farmlife, ice and rain, pasture, pigs, sowing seeds, spring plans, weather
Posted on November 5, 2017
by Cecilia Mary Gunther
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Right this minute – it is 5.23am -it is 53F/11C, really warm. And wet, sopping all over, really wet, wet air and wet ground and wet all around. I can hear water dripping off the eaves into the gardens and the water barrel.
Category: Farming, farmphotography, Photography, Sustainable farmingTags: calf, calves, chickens, cows, farmdogs, farming, farmlife, gardening, pasture, pigs, roosters, weather
Posted on October 12, 2017
by Cecilia Mary Gunther
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Cows can Jump
Cows watching the grass grow. This is what cows do when they are locked up in the yards. Watch the grass growing. I need to clean these yards off again this week. Four cows is a good amount of manure. And our gardens are fertilised… Continue Reading “A warm puff of spring”
Category: cows, Farming, homesteading, Life, PhotographyTags: cows, farming, flying fox, hay field, pasture, pigs, spring
Posted on October 29, 2015
by Cecilia Mary Gunther
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And rains and rains and winds and winds. Though today is just wind. Cold wind. Yesterday evening, in my clown suit and jacket, I opened the gates for the cows to come up and shelter by the barn for the night and they GALLOPED through… Continue Reading “Autumn Rains”
The grass is fantastic for this time of year. In fact we are going to be thinking about cutting hay as soon as the weather settles. And the pigs love it when the grass is long and tasty. Sheila and TonTon. Sheila my darling… Continue Reading “Grazing pigs”
Category: Farm Animals, Farming, Life, Photography, PigsTags: dogs, farming, goats, grazing, grazing pigs, kunekune, pasture, pigs, sheila the pig