Tag: piglets
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The Best of April
In Pictures. Just for fun. I would like to be able to do this at the end of every month but you know me, I am just as likely to forget, or we will have an Event that cannot be ignored. or something will go terribly right and I just cannot bear not to show…
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Peacock Palace
The peacocks and the peahens are still living together in the loft of the barn in perfect harmony. I occasionally hear one of their big calls but so far they have all been very quiet. They tend to keep to the dark side of their palace, which runs almost the whole length of the barn.…
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Straw sent up the Clatter Box
Sixty bales. That will do for a start. Straw is for bedding. Hay for feeding. In a mild winter like we had last year I did not need as much straw as the animals preferred to hang around outside. But we have calves due earlier next year so we need plenty of clean bedding on…
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Muddy Piggy Backs!
Piggie’s really DO give each other piggy backs. They climb onto each others backs and rush about honking like little trains having races. I gave them a mud puddle to play in yesterday. Sheila is hoping for cabbage leaves to come flying over the garden gate. Time to prune the grape vine I think! Basil…
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You would think Sheila could have washed her face
Before she introduced herself to the piglets. But, oh no. She has to go out of her way to terrify them! I let her into the pen next door because it has a delicious muddy wallow. So she rolled and wriggled deep into the mud then sauntered over to say hullo and see if she could…
The Kitchen's Garden 