Tag: sheep

• Wet Farmy with a Flying Peahen…

  See what happens when we take the day off. And no, I did not get a sleep in, instead there was a murder in the bedroom when Our John forgot that I was having a sleep in and WOKE ME UP!@!! at 5am.  I told him that hundreds and hundreds of people in more than…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  September 2, 2012

  Life, Photography, Sustainable farming

  cow, flying peahen, ram, sheep

• Can you sleep in?

  Yesterday I took the last of my allotted honey  from the bees.  This year each small  super has yielded just over 2 gallons of lovely clear honey.   I had three honey supers on two hives. So all up we have harvested  a little under 7 gallons (or 26 litres if my calculations are correct)…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  August 31, 2012

  Bees, Flower Garden, Life, Photography

  anemone, bees, honey, rooster, sheep

• Pickled Beetroot amongst the bustle.

  What a lovely day it was yesterday.  Cool, with a little breeze.  Different neighbours popping in and out feeding Daisy their garden leftovers or borrowing hay making tools.  Yesterday I felt for the first time as though I was part of my little local rural community.  And that is hard as a foreigner in a…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  August 11, 2012

  Life, Photography, Vines and Wine

  canned beets, canned beets and onions, farmers cheese with rosemary, pickled beetroot, sheep

• The Farmy is back online. There have been a few changes.

  Camera and the Connection have returned.  So we have images and we have the internet back to its usual comforting crawl. And oh I missed you so.  It was very strange not to be constructing sentences in my head all day and collecting shots for you.  The Duke of Kupa says welcome back. All is…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  August 9, 2012

  Life, Sustainable farming

  cows, farm animals, feeling the rain coming, internet problems, raising pork, sheep

• Who Left the Gate Open?

  Now,  what is wrong with this picture? Exactly. Hairy MaClairy in with Mama.  Pretending he is not really there! Way too early for that carry on Hairy! The onions have statted lifting themselves so they are being hung out to dry.  Onions have done very well this year. So have my Easter Chickens. They still…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  July 18, 2012

  Life, Sustainable farming

  cow in sunset, farming, global warming, pollution, sheep, sore mouth in sheep, spraying crops, taking control