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Monthly Archives: June 2018

Dave

June 29, 2018by Claire Leave a comment

This is Dave He is an Anglo-nubian buck who has already fathered a few kids. He is hopefully going to be the baby-daddy for next year’s kids and thus is […]

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Animals, shepherding

Pea Pesto Pasta

June 25, 2018by Claire 2 Comments

We’re eating a lot of this round here at the moment – it is quick and tasty which is a prerequisite for dinner at the moment. And yes it is […]

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gardening, recipes

Daisy Dog

June 23, 2018by Claire 6 Comments

Yesterday was three years since Daisy Dog died. It seems like just yesterday, but also a lifetime ago. Kainaat is now the age Daisy Dog was when she died so […]

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Dogs

Flowers in the Polytunnel

June 22, 2018by Claire Leave a comment

These are the flowers I tend to grow – pea, courgette nasturtium and aubergine. All the more beautiful because you can either eat them or eat the wonderful fruits they […]

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gardening

Preparations

June 21, 2018by Claire 2 Comments

In preparation for next Monday I have been reading this. Those of you who may have read this book might well be thinking preparations for what? A divine revelation? A […]

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Animals, Holidays

Blue Rabbit Cafe

June 20, 2018by Claire Leave a comment

The Blue Rabbit Cafe now has a rudimentary website: http://www.bluerabbitcafe.com It is just the basics at the moment so any suggestions or feedback would be welcome. Once things have settled […]

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Extreme Ice-cream Experimentation Station

June 19, 2018by Claire Leave a comment

As the soft-fruit time of the year is coming up, I felt I had to clear any lingering soft fruit from the depths of the many freezers.  I made some […]

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gardening, recipes

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This is little zephi in a huge amount of pain. Yesterday while trying to wriggle through the top two bars of a hurdle (so he could say hello to a friend walking through the smallholding) he got stuck and dangled screaming by his back legs. I was just a few metres away preparing the goats for milking. By the time I got to him he had wriggled free but couldn’t put his back right leg down. We went straight to the vets. They gave him pain relief and said maybe it was a ruptured cruciate ligament. We went back today to talk about options and get more pain relief. He is in a lot of pain but is being very brave and stoical. He still won’t put his leg down. On Tuesday he’ll have an anaesthetic and x-rays and they’ll manipulate him some more to try and determine what’s wrong. If it is just the cruciate ligament then a very expensive operation (with no insurance) should fix him. If there are other complications or problems then this might not be possible. This is not very good at all. . . #poorlydog #zephi #wsd #cmfzeph

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