Tag: ram

• Hairy MacLairy gets his Own Way.

  Someone is putting on weight. At this time of year and for at least another 6 weeks, if not longer, I have to keep the animals out of the fields for two reasons 1) so that the grass can grow. Daisy does not understand this.   2) So that large animals do not pug the…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  February 28, 2012

  Farming, Photography, Sustainable farming

  cow, dust bath, grass, ram, sheep, sheep dog

• Lemon Butter Cake

  Well, it was so warm yesterday morning that I put my clown suit  (those ugly thick padded overalls the men use when digging slowly on the side of the road) and my Carhart jacket into the washing machine.  Both were pretty pongy. Then of course the temperatures plummeted and I was caught inside until my…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  January 24, 2012

  Farm Animals, Farming

  barn life, lemon cake, lemons, ram, sheep, sugar

• A Walk around the Wee Farm with the Purse Camera

  Last night we were sitting outside eating our simple repast, the food supplied by our own wee farm, when we heard a worrying creaky noise coming from Pats Paddock. I could see part of the big paddock, and noticed the Murphys (lambs for dinner) and Mia (lamb forever) galloping across the field. Then there was…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  October 5, 2011

  Farm Animals, Farming, Living the life, Photography

  Ayrshire cow, GE free, hereford calf, lambs. chickens., ram

• Ignore Everything and Make Bread

  White Cat in the tree house, yesterday evening. I am ignoring Mary’s Cat who is sleeping in one of the Silent Ones caps looking incredibly cute. And I am not listening to Mama who is crying because I am trying to wean her lambs AGAIN. I am trying not to think about the fact that…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  July 26, 2011

  Baking, Farm Animals

  bread, lavender, olives, ram, recipe, rosemary, sheep