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Not Pigs, Again.
Here is another post not about pigs. Except to say that we still await the arrival of the phantom piglets. Oh, and Fogarty has learnt to sit on command, to get an acorn treat. Oh, and pigs are clearly capable … Continue reading
More self sufficiency
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
One of our chickens is missing . . . .
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.
And God said unto Noah: Make thee an ark of gopher wood
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.
Telling Porkies
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
Another Little Piggy Step along the Path
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