The sun was shining. The humans were hauling boulders about. And the dog was having his day.
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The num num is gone
18 May, 2012
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I’m painting a repair to an interior wall when the phone rings. I look at the paint-laden brush and consider ignoring the phone. Most day-time calls are automated silent calls, scammers trying to persuade me to hand over my computer details or dubious sales calls, the last affectionately known as SPIT, spam over internet telephony. [...]
Read morePig farmer makes the fashion pages
14 May, 2012
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There’s hope for me yet. The Guardian’s Fashion Sections runs a regular Weekender feature, which this week features pig farmer Rob Leamon. Weekender: Rob Leamon, 56, pig farmer ”The best thing is being my own boss.’ Leather Bottle Farm was bought by my parents in the late 50s. They started off with six sows, now [...]
Read more Anyone for horseradish?
10 May, 2012
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I spent most of the day working outside in rain, sleet, wind and cold. Not surprisingly, by late afternoon I found myself thinking of warming food. I looked down and realised I was right next to the horseradish bed. Excellent. I dug up a large handful of roots to be processed and bottled. I’ll set [...]
Read more Delilah is lame
7 May, 2012
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While feeding Delilah, one of our Berkshire sows, and her litter last night I noticed she was limping slightly on her right front leg. I checked her over as she was eating, discovering she was slightly tender around the knee joint. There was no obvious inflammation so I left her to eat and made a [...]
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