Photos

Maddie and other farm pics - 2016

Autumn 2013

Jerseys - September / October 2013

Dehydrating food

Pasture bonfires on the farm - October 2013

Canning 2013

September 2013

Family visit to the farm - August 2013

My mums' younger sister, Aunt Sandy, with her late husband, Uncle Nunky and my cousins, Debbie and Desmond. See, the family always laughs.

Twins for Liqourice - May 28, 2013

In memory of Buttercup, shown here the day Worsie was born. May 23, 2013

Spring - 2013

Farm-made yoghurt

The big tractor

Sheep

New dog house - April 2013

Gabriel in front of his mum, Butterscotch

Jnr Burger, our 15 month old Jersey bull / steer. He's for sale, either live or butchered, by the whole or half.

Pigtails wanting some food. Our sheep flock is in the pasture behind her, and Dolly is feeding Milkshake behind the gate.

Star feeding her calf Pearl, and the 2 boys at the back. They bunt her so hard they lift her back legs off the ground !

Little Red. Her horns have already grown about 3 inches in the 5 months we have had her.

Herbie washing Dollys' teats after attaching the milking machine to Star down in the milking parlour.

Me leading Star and Dolly down for morning milking. I tie them together as they go wandering otherwise.

Discing the vegetable garden Spring 2012

Herbie caught 2 of the male Chinese White Ganders waiting for the female to finish laying her egg in the chicken house

Houdini about to head-butt Rosco, while Cooper looks down from the gate.

Mischka, Cooper and Sargeant all sleeping on the couch

Fletch cuddled up with Major, while Sargeant lies on my lap

A baked and unbaked Chicken Ranch Pizza - Herbies invention at his Pizza store. Absolutely yummy.

Winter 2011, the cows Star, Dolly and Buttercup standing next to Little Africa, the 3-sided shed we built, with Jnr Burger poking his head around the corner.

Beehives in the snow - Winter 2011. We didn't lose any bees this year, whooppeee !

The day-old Freedom Ranger chicks. Herbie moved the truck bed liner to the garage, and it made a perfect enclosure for the chickens

Dolly with Midnight. He is now in the freezer, his hide, salted, hanging in the shed, waiting for me to process it further.

Roquefort, mozzerella and feta cheese, all made here on the farm

We fenced in the front lawn to make a new sheep pasture. Was supposed to be a one week-end job, took a month !

Boy alpacas in the snow Aztec,Cinnamon, Snowy and Cavelier, with Apollo eating from the hay bale. We only kept Cavvi, gave the other 4 boys to Michael and Amanda, together with Tina, one girl.

Building Little Africa. I planted the posts that I cut from our woods, then Herbie put the supporting cross beams in.

2 boys from the dairy, very skinny and not feeling too well. Doofus and Boytjie are now very healthy, 8 month old calves.

The 2012 Fall view from my kitchen window. The maples are light and beautiful, the parsley, mint and basil bright green on the window sill.

The 4 guineas, 3 girls and a boy. They remind me of South Africa, and they are very good eating. Now if only they'll hatch some babies, we'll be in business !