Tag: pigs
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And then I had TWO broken pumps
I went out yesterday morning to wind up the new old pump and get to milking and it did not start, not a whisper not even a prayer. Nothing. Nada. Zip. Silence. I tried my one to see if maybe it was going to miraculously start, nothing there either. Tock Tock said Kupa from his…
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Water, water everywhere, give me a drop to drink
Yesterday as I walked about in the heat with my hose making sure animals had water to stand in and cold water in their troughs I began to wonder about how much water I was using. How much water is needed to run a sustainable, organic farmy. So I did a little research. Daisy (milking…
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Walkabout on the Farmy
Taking stock on a lovely summer day. Kupa was inadvertantly locked in the chook house and after spending the whole day in with the peasants he had to have a wee lie down. Then he went to have a stretch and adding insult to injury his display attracted the wrong attention, I fear that Kupa…
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Daisy’s Cup Runneth Over
My skinny girlie arms are SO tired. We collected 100 bales of good alfalfa hay from my friend the straw man and then one by one we hauled them up into the mezzanine floor of the barn to wait for winter. The Teenager unloaded them from the trailer….and carried them through to Our John who…
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The day it all fell apart
I went out yesterday morning to milk and discovered that things were not going to be as easy as I had imagined. Daisy was in a fury because I was sharing her baby. She roared into the barn, heaving herself about. Rolling her eyes at me and startling as the chickens woke and fell-flew from…
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