Runaway truck
Monday, 21 December 2009
A local contractor had the unfortunate problem of his truck rolling away whilst he was in the sample hut waiting to for the results. It apparently started slow…then built up speed as it hit the slope and went through the fence, stopping just before the main road on the other side. Replacing three tyres and
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Chicks galore
Thursday, 12 November 2009
Here are our mothers with their 11 chicks! See if you can count them all. So cute and fluffy. I took the remaining eggs away from them (so they would get out of their box and look after the ones they had) and put them inside on the oil heater. Bugger me, bung on midnight
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Abundant fruit
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
This is our fruit tree enclosure and its full of life and budding fruit. Our grape vines are loaded (hopefully the chooks wont get them this year) and the peaches are growing madly as you can see below. They are the first pick, followed by the nectarines usually. Its exciting to watch as the trees
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Spring chickens
Friday, 06 November 2009
We have new babies! Its always exciting when the first chick cracks out of her egg. As you can see Blake is rapt with his first hold and cuddle. Here is one of the mother with, I think, six chicks (that you can see) that have hatched and another whole heap of eggs she’s still
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