“Doing the dairy” in winter: Pt. 2
dairy n. 1. Room or building for keeping milk and cream and making butter, cheese, etc. (Definition from The Concise Oxford Dictionary.) We don’t have a dairy. In our house, a room for keeping...
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“Doing the dairy” in winter: Pt. 1
You won’t be surprised to learn that June says she’s “doing the dairy”. A main difference between doing the dairy in winter compared to the other seasons, is that with milk production down, there...
Foraging for walnuts: Pt. 2
Foraging for walnuts, I’m reminded of a squirrel foraging for acorns. Afterwards we’ll squirrel away the nuts, hers for winter, ours rationed to last a year. Grey squirrels must have had some great food...
Milking Season
June milking Delores’ ‘Toggenburg side’ this morning. (18th October, 2021.) Every season is milking season. That’s why we purchased a British Alpine billy goat last year – a breed that can be relied on...
You’ve got to be kidding!
Graham R. Cooper Part One [Chorus from ‘I Am the Walrus’] I am the eggman, they are the eggmen I am the walrus, goo goo g’joob g’goo goo g’joob Goo goo a’joob g’goo goo...
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