It’s B’s birthday today and since she’s spending the week with her family in Oxfordshire, I thought I’d post some photos of the cats who are all missing her desperately (I’m merely the mug who feeds them. She’s their Human. Cats! Huh!) in the hopes of reminding her where she lives Happy birthday, B! Hurry [...]
Archive for April, 2009
29 Apr
Feral beans?
This is my first spring at the farm every time a new plant starts to grow, it’s a lovely surprise. Apart from the Himalayan Balsam, which is everywhere. I’ll confess that my knowledge of plants extends as far as grass, with the odd bluebell thrown in, but there’s one plant which has got me scratching [...]
28 Apr
Swine flu: don’t stop eating pork!
Am I the only one who is refusing to get into a panic about swine flu, even though two cases have been confirmed in Scotland and the World Health Organisation has said that it is “too late” to contain swine flu? Come on, people, enough with the hysteria: Flu fears hit airline shares Swine flu [...]
27 Apr
Can you teach a young dog new tricks?!
When she was a puppy, Snipe showed an impressive willingness to learn and was very quick to grasp her first command, sit. She loved it. Getting lots of fuss and praise for sitting down? Marvellous. She already knew her name and also loved the idea of getting even more fuss and praise if she came [...]
25 Apr
Trying to think good things about the rain
Over the past week, I’ve been spoiled rotten with the good weather. So much so, that I didn’t even look at replacements for my leaking (as in massive rip in the sole) wellies when I was in the my local animal feed store yesterday. Today is not going to be a nice day. It rained [...]
24 Apr
Can’t see the trees for the … brambles!
Regular readers will know that I’ve been on a mission since moving the pigs into their field as it was covered in brambles. And when I say covered, consider this. According to some local farmers, it’s been at least a decade since the field was last grazed, probably closer to two… So clearing them has [...]
23 Apr
Making some time for the DS
Last week, I treated myself to two new games (well, one really, as they were BOGOF) for my DS Lite and yesterday afternoon, having carried numerous sacks of yuck (you don’t want to know) over to the compost garden, I settled myself down for a wee while to see what they were like. Being me, [...]
22 Apr
When the pigs are moved, there’s time for snuggles
Hurrah! I’ve finally moved all eight pigs onto fresh ground, which is a massive relief for me and them. Ok, I’ve cheated a little with Tia and Bailey and have only moved the 100m of electric netting that makes up their enclosure, not the ark, but it means that 70% of their enclosure is now [...]
21 Apr
From climbing trees to the search for Doctor Who
Yesterday was another wonderfully sunny day and I spent some time doubling the size of the four pigs’ enclosure with their second electric net, giving them a circumference of 100m. No idea what the total area that makes – most of my GCSE maths has been absorbed into the unused dark matter of my brain! [...]
20 Apr
Moving the pigs
Well, yesterday was gorgeous, wasn’t it? We had wonderfully hot sunshine that was complemented with a delightfully cool breeze, perfect weather for taking the dogs to the beach and enjoying an ice cream. So instead, Jennie and I decided to move not one, but two pig arks, which means two lots of straw, four rubber [...]
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