Bessie
Bessie After Nina dying, it was great to spend time with Bessie during her evening feed. She’s friendly, strong and cute. She loves the milk formula and always wants more. After her feed she nudges and sniffs me to get more. When we feed her we pat and stroke her all over so she gets […]
Nina
The cows came here just 3 months ago. One by one they left us. Ernie was killed for beef. Emma died a few weeks after she arrived, probably of old age. Miranda sold Josephine and Eyenstein and yesterday, Nina, who has been sick for 3 weeks, died too. the day Nina arrived Monte built a […]
Welcome, Bessie!
baby Bessie Nina and Bessie I was like a proud, new parent this afternoon, when I sent off some text messages announcing the arrival of Bessie, born to Nina this afternoon! Monte had been collecting the washing when he spotted the pair: Nina was licking Bessie, who was still damp from birth, and lying on […]
Processing beef
a homegrown BBQ lunch Yesterday the butcher came to cut up the beef that had been hanging in the cool store in our driveway for nearly 2 weeks. The meat had aged; the fat was a different colour and parts of the meat were covered in ‘ageing,’ which looks like a type of mould, but […]
Getting beef
Today we witnessed the slaughter of one of the cows. It was a paddock kill. I’m not going to go into details about it but I will say that I found it much less spectacular than I imagined. I didn’t see the shooting but I saw the skinning and gutting and I had my arms […]
Produce
It’s not a lot, but it’s enough to bring down the grocery bill. We have a lot of food growing (soon the potatoes will be ready) and I feel pleased to be surrounded by things we have grown. tomatoes of mixed heirloom varieties add colour on our dining table as they ripen in the warmth […]
They’re here!
Our special delivery looked something like this: Yep. We have cows at Fangorn Farm! It’s very exciting. They are so lovely! We adore the little calf! He’s so cute! We’re expecting a couple more special deliveries – two more calves will be born! Excuse me while I look out the window… Oh look! Cows! They […]
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