Nothing much more to say. I’m just here with the promised extra pics of the twins born yesterday. The last hold-out mama remains obstinately pregnant. The Forbearing Husband and I are off tomorrow for a few days in Wellington so… Continue Reading
Our super-sized mumma finally gave birth this morning and now we see the reason for that excessively large girth. I grabbed these photos in fading light after I got home from work so they are not fabulous quality. I’ll see… Continue Reading
The Forbearing Husband and I made Tiny into our base camp today while a nice man called Hamish prepped our kitchen floor ready for the new [redacted] to be laid. Not telling yet, I want to keep you in suspense… Continue Reading
Apart from those unborn lambs! Visitors to the farmlet have been missing their fix of AntiGene Muesli over the last few months (sorry Little Quail and Nurse Jenny). One way and another I’ve been too busy (or lazy), to get… Continue Reading
I was hoping to be able to share cute photos of the rest of our baby lambs today. I’m afraid there has been a small hitch in that plan though — they haven’t been born yet. That’s right, we still… Continue Reading
As previously mentioned, we got our kunekune pigs with high hopes for them being useful as lawn mowers. After some years of mowing largish lawns at our old house, the Forbearing Husband had expressed a deep desire to avoid pushing… Continue Reading
I thought you should be the first to know… The other two ewes are due to have their lambs in the next few days. One looks to be pregnant with twins judging by her girth. Don’t worry, I’ll keep you… Continue Reading
It happened today! The first swim of the new season. Executed with style, and the speed of a woman outrunning hypothermia, by Daredevil Deborah. A conversation about the possibility of swimming started this morning while farmlet residents were tending a… Continue Reading
I’ve subjected you to a few rather longwinded blog posts recently. So here, by way of a palate cleanser, is a pictorial essay I’m calling ‘The Farmlet in Winter’. Well that was winter. I have a couple more muddy tales… Continue Reading
Warning: Oversize blog post ahead! Last week I told you about my unexpected purchase of a cabin called Tiny. If you haven’t already, you might want to read that post in order to marvel at the sheer fiscal recklessness of… Continue Reading
