Tag: women farmers
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A Day Off Pigs
Finally, yesterday, the heat broke and we had a lovely ordinary busy day. The pigs and piglets napped in the sun. We made sweetcorn relish, and bread and croqueta. And Summer Sauce (basically I chuck everything we picked on that day into the slow cooker and cook it for hours). The sauce is partially blended, cooled,…
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Fast and Steady
Stop me if I have told this story before but it has been on my mind to tell you. Boo and I were at the Farmers feed store the other day and RACING. (TonTon stayed home as he had a baby to mind). Boo and I roared into the parking lot and parked. We leapt…
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Aunty Del is Pumping
Aunty Del is such a good house cow that I have decided to keep her as long as I am able. She seems to have hit her stride and now she is pumping along. She swans into the milking shed without hesitation, milks eating her greens or hay though she still refuses to leave when she is…
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Here’s a problem!
Three and a half months ago there was a big bad storm that blew in the big door at the West Barn. When I got to the barn the following morning Manu (Hereford Boar) was in with Molly and Tahiti(Hereford gilts) . Do you remember? As soon as I could I separated them back out and…
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New Fields
Across the Way at the West Barn the crew and I have finally finished the new fences. Every end is tied off and the electricity is on. I let these two in to test the waters then came back to check on them a couple of hours later and they were back in their accustomed…
The Kitchen's Garden 