2019 Spring Edition This week was another week where I have been behind. My mother in law was still in hospital and so extras are only getting caught up on now. Short and sweet is the way to go. In Animal News This week our sheep got a hair cut, just in time for the …
Week 43 on the Farm
2019 Spring Edition This week went from freezing and yuck to sunshine and glorious. The weekend (a long one in New Zealand and traditionally time to put the tomatoes in the garden) was so beautiful the sun shone and I felt hot. I loved it so much that when the weekend was over and the …
Week 42 on the farm
2019 Spring edition In Animal News Exciting times for the pigs this week. They all officially have names You can go here to read them all). I am not sure what everyone’s stance is when it comes to naming animals that are for the plate. I kind of feel that even if you do not …
Week 41 on the farm
2019 Spring edition What can I say about this week in general except that the mood swings of spring are hard. If the sun is out I want to be out. If the sun us behind clouds then I want to be inside. That makes things difficult with only one or two days of sun… …
Arrival of the chicks
Farming is hard sometimes things die or snails eat your seedlings, sometimes things do not germinate or the grass is slower to grow than you hope. But then magic happens on the farm and all that badness is forgotten and elation sets in. One of the things that makes farming worth while is chicks. These …