Rainbows
It was a lovely, sunny day, until I hung my washing out to dry and it began to rain. It’s always the way. When I brought my little children home in the afternoon, we watched this rainbow. Matthew noticed that the end of it landed on our property. I suggested there’d be a pot of […]
Children frolicking on Fangorn Farm
We set out for a wander to visit the cows. Bessie is always happy to see us; she wants food! She doesn’t mind a bit of a pat either. The children had fun running around the (very shallow) dam. Our soil absorbs water so we have trouble filling a dam. Apparently our soil is high […]
Snap-happy in the winter sun
This is our puppy, Jac. We’ve had him for a year now. He’s a great dog but he gets himself into mischief. Jac and I went for a walk to feed the goats. He actually let me take his photo! It was a gorgeous afternoon. I shall never tire of this ever-changing view. Giddy the […]
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 […]
A solitary exploration on the farm
This may not be a big deal to many people, but it’s a big deal to me. I got a chance to go for a solitary wander last weekend, between laundry, cooking, animals and children. Getting some fresh air and walking up and down and over our hilly farm was just what I needed. I […]
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 […]
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