sara | January 31, 2009
Welcome to the Duck Gallery. Here you can meet the ducks on the farmingfriends farm and all of the farmingfriends duck friends we have met since the website was set up in 2006.
Farming Friends Ducks
Here are the six Khaki Campbell ducks and one drake that I hatched off in 2008. The drake is called Sir [...]
Category: Ducks |
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sara | January 31, 2009
We have two open fires in our house. One in the dining room and one in the living room. We are currently thinking of changing the open fire for a wood burning stove in the living room as this is a North facing room with little insulation and is very cold. Although I love the [...]
Category: The Farmhouse |
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sara | January 31, 2009
Today is my wedding anniversary. Celebrating 5 years of marriage. Hurrah!
Cats – All cats present and correct. Spot, as always was very friendly. I even managed to sit on a bale and he came for a cuddle on my knee.
Cattle – Steve mucked out the fold yard today. The cattle have to stand in one [...]
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sara | January 30, 2009
I didn’t manage to catch Jamie Oliver’s Save Our Bacon programme last night but my husband said it was well presented and the whole process and argument was well put forward. We hope that this programme will help the sale of British pork products just like Jamie and Hugh’s programmes helped the chicken industry.
I have just pledged [...]
Category: Food |
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sara | January 30, 2009
Cats – I bought a brush ages ago for the cats and tonight I gave Spot, Fluffy, Snowy and Snowball a brush. Fluffy liked it the most!
Cattle – The cattle are going to be mucked out tomorrow. All the calves are doing ok. Steve has been spreading muck today.
Ducks – Tried to keep the ducks [...]
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sara | January 29, 2009
Did you know that this week is Farmhouse Breakfast Week, which is great if you need an excuse for a lovely cooked breakfast!
Cats – Stripe followed me about tonight which is lovely and then Spot came to the barn for his nightly petting.
Cattle – Steve is keeping a close eye on a few of the [...]
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sara | January 28, 2009
Cats – Fluffy has started to pull a funny face, or more of a grimace when he doesn’t want me to stroke his head!
Cattle – The calf is much improved. My father-in-law is on holiday so my husband has spent the day feeding cattle and organising the feeding. Everyone has a different routine and way [...]
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sara | January 28, 2009
North Country Mules have the following characteristics:
Speckled heads and legs.
Long wool.
Hardy breed.
Prolific lambers.
Good mothering ability.
Category: Sheep |
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sara | January 27, 2009
Cats – The cats are all fine. Spot is becoming very friendlyand always makes time for a petting.
Cattle – The limousin calf survived the night which is very good news.
Ducks – Got seven duck eggs this morning, which is strange as I have only six ducks and one drake. I must have missed one of the [...]
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sara | January 27, 2009
Farming Friends has recently joined Facebook, one of the biggest social networking websites at the moment – which allows you to connect with your friends and groups who you have an interest in. I set up the Farming Friends group on Facebook so that you had another way to connect with Farming Friends and find [...]
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