Tag: raising pigs
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Welcome to Jack and Diane’s Little Ditty Farm
(Morning everyone from sunny California. Wasn’t yesterday great with our first UN-Blogger post from Sally who has been part of the Fellowship for Ages. And now let me pass the day to Di who has been a Member of the Fellowship of the Farmy since DAY ONE! Over to you Di…) After 12 years…
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Cooling Our Hot Heels
The heat has finally come to the Prairies. I must be very careful that everyone has plenty of water. All the pigs will have their wallows topped up each morning. And I have discovered that if you hose the heels of a cow she will stand quite still. If you try and hose her back…
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The farmy from the air..
I have been wondering how to show you the layout of the farmy. There is so much going on and every field has a name. This must be a little confusing for you. Hairy in The Yards, he head butted me yesterday, so he got the Karate Kid high kick, a solid tap with the…
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Long Shots, giggly piglets and bottles of beer.
This is the lane from the house to the gravel road. We are looking East. On the right which is the South side is the sweetcorn with the Maize up behind it. You can see how tall the maize (field corn) is when you see my tractor in front of it. Also look at how…
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More Wine Less Whine
Yesterday we bottled the Vidal Blanc wine from last seasons grapes. The wine has been working in its little glass barrels for almost a year now. And the little taste I was allowed before it flowed through the pipes and into the bottles led me to believe that this will be a definite improvement on…
The Kitchen's Garden 