Tag: weather
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Fogginess all Round
How do cats and dogs manage in the heat with these big fur coats they wear. I was flattened by the heat these last few days and the heat was not even long lasting. It was only a couple of days of almost 100 degrees culminating in a massive thunderstorm. Which ratcheted the humidity up…
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The Mad Kings Garden
Yesterday R and I put a panel across the mad kings broken garden gate and let the Charlottes in to the mad kings garden to clean up. Neglected vegetable gardens are gold for pigs! The Mad Kings garden had gotten totally out of control but for some reason him indoors did not want anyone else…
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Sweetcorn, pumpkins, tomatoes, apples and wild plums.
Now is the time to begin gathering pig food from my own farm. As the crops ripen. Nothing is wasted. Waste has no place in a sustainable farm system. The sweetcorn has gone past the sweet stage so now I begin to chop the stalks (complete with corn) and throw the whole lot over the…
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Welcome Back to Illinois
Welcome back to Illinois where it thunders and lightenings and rains and rains and rains all night long. Which is great for the gardens and the fields but not so great for the weary traveler. After flying and flying and flying without a hitch I have arrived back at the farm. The corn is even…
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How is everything going?
Just popping in to see how everyone is doing. It is as hot as expected out here in the Central Valley in California. Really hot. The reports from the farm are good – except a hawk got one of the turkeys. Damn hawks. So the growing birds are back to restricted walks. They can wander…
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