Category: Friesland Farm
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Steaming the pudding, more unwelcome visitors and cuddling a chicken
I picked up some reduced cranberries in the supermarket, had to be a bargain at only 5p 😀 I will probably use them to make a cranberry and orange sauce to go with cold meats at Christmas as we are not having turkey this year. I may pick up some more if they have any…
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Naughty bunnies, rainy days and Winter celebrations.
Monday: 3.30pm just sat down with a cuppa after a bit of a day, I’m back on a daily dose of painkillers at the minute, hands hurt, muscles hurt, pain in the arse, not literally but it’s difficult to get stuff done when bits of you won’t work properly! Anyhow, this mornings shocker was, wait…
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Clocks change, Halloween and Bonfire night, Winters here!
Sunday : Late afternoon evening, it feels like that time is all over the place today, first the time goes quick then it seemed to slow down to almost a stop lol, one thing is for sure the evenings in will be longer 😝 roll on December 21st when the nights will draw out again.Monday:…
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Dead duck, disappearing baby rabbits and parsnip cake.
Monday: Woke up with a touch of vertigo today so just about got round and did the feeding then mostly tried to sit still all day until the next lot of feeding in the afternoon! Thankfully it had passed by early evening and fingers crossed it won’t come back for a while. Bit of a…
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Storms, apples and fluffy bantams.
Monday: Today we have this tail end of the big storm looming, we are on the edge of it but predicted winds are looking quite high! Strange weather as the temps are also predicted to be high for the time of year, with the winds in mind I spent an hour or two picking the…
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Lots of eggs, an egg thief and baby rabbits.
Sunday Eve: Having published this weeks blog I set about learning more about permaculture which is the direction I want to head towards especially with the veg garden, turns out that I already do a lot that comes under the heading but you can always learn and apply more 😀 The pullets are laying well…
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Gingerbread men, rosehip syrup and doors on the shed.
Monday: I thought I would take you on a pictorial walk of the ‘morning routine’ that I always mention. First up a visit to the feed room to be greeted by the cat waiting for his breakfast. Take hay down to Jack and check his water buckets Then onto the older hens at the back,…
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Unwelcome visitors, new egg shed & a broody quail.
Monday: Sporting the wet look this morning, not in a sexy way no, in a frizzy hair, disheveled kinda way 😜First job was to move the little bantams outside, they have got too big for the cage and will appreciate a bit more room, when I left them they were tentatively peeking out the door.…
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Mushrooms, pizzas & pullet eggs.
Monday: Got the animal rounds done then went to Oxford for a hospital appointment with Shelley. I didn’t do much after we got back except the afternoon feeding and a bit more mushroom picking, there are loads in the field. I cut some up for drying and out them in the dehumidifier and then we…
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Screaming rabbit, escaping rabbits, and a bit of shucking.
And here we are again Monday morning, I’m not knocking it, I’m grateful to be here, it just comes around so quickly 😜John is back to his day job this week so it’s me doing all the morning feeding, watering, letting out but at least it’s not raining at the moment. I did most of…
