Snippets of farm stuff
We do love our chickens! Chelsea is sitting on some eggs. We enjoy gathering eggs each day. It’s sometimes difficult to use as many eggs as we are getting each day but it’s such a great part of our day. We have a couple of newborn lambs – both boys. This one had only just […]
Midnight miracle
Monte called me yesterday. I was driving home from playgroup and he was trying to get me to guess what he was holding. I was getting stressed by his playful guessing game. I was getting worried that one of my pets had died. And then he said: “just guess. It’s small and fluffy.” I said: […]
Silver linings
About a month or so ago, we bought the children a couple of rabbits. Midnight, a purebred Dutch bunny Flopsy, a dwarf lop Georgie has been excellent at looking after them. Three times a day, at least, she has been checking their food and water, and giving them fresh grass and cuddles and playtime. We […]
Another baby for Fangorn!
I’m super excited to announce a new birth at Fangorn! Meet Daisy! We were talking with the painter (!) when Georgie ran over to us, excitedly exclaiming that “the new calf has arrived!” I was puzzled because the new steers arrived a few weeks ago. She was jumping up and down, pointing into the paddock. […]
More mouths to feed at Fangorn
Bessie shares a kiss with Bangers Their names are Bangers and Mash. They are Friesian steers, just over a year old. We are going to grow them, fatten them up and then eat them. Just like we did with Mr T, who is rather delicious. Mash Being friesians, it’s going to take a while to […]
Monday
the view from our back door this morning It’s another beautiful day in the Huon Valley. I love waking up to clear blue skies and bright sunlight that shines on the dew on my garden, making it glisten. I find it beautiful when the mist sits in the valley like this and the sunrise casts […]
Saturday
Good morning! It is. Good morning indeed. I do not get tired of this view because it is ever-changing. When the bushfires were blazing, these hills were drenched in thick smoke. Sometimes it is cloudy or rainy or sunny, and each day this is a beautiful sight to wake up to. We have had some […]
Mother
Recently, bossy white chook became a mummy. The first time she tried to be a mother didn’t work out very well. She was sitting on too many eggs and she crushed them and she didn’t sit long enough and her two hatched chicks died, probably because she kept sitting on the eggs when she should […]
What people have been saying: