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Courtesy of a large ash tree that must have fallen several years ago, we are likely to be self sufficient for heating wood this winter. I’ve fitted a new chain to the chain-saw and dug out the splitting axe and … Continue reading
Yesterday, as dusky chicken bed-time approached, we realised that only four chickens had gathered for the usual final snack. Naughty Chicken (long my favourite) was not there.
I couldn’t find any gopher wood, so I used tongue and groove board instead. And although pig houses are called arks, I can’t see this one floating very well. Let’s hope Yoda likes it anyway.
Fast forward from July 2007 to November 2009. A surprisingly big lot has happened in these last couple of years, and we are now really living in that world we dreamt of, back in those work-torn days of yesteryear. I … Continue reading
We first set eyes on Kune Kune pigs at the Royal Agricultural Show in July 2007, a little over two weeks after my last-ever day at work. Although we had, as yet, no way of achieving our dream of a … Continue reading