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31st December, 2008 - A Review Of 2008

With the year coming to a close we felt it appropriate to summarise our highs & lows and the lessons we’ve learnt.

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12th December, 2008 - Farewell To Dick

For the past 6 months, our 2 pigs - Dick & Dom - have enjoyed the luxury of roaming around their large enclosure, troughing up grubs, roots and generally having a good time.

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25th November, 2008 - A Quick Update

With lots of T.L.C. from Dan, Tracey is now back on her feet and although not 100% is well on the road to recovery.

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16th November, 2008 - From Carcass To Chops

2 days after the slaughtering, everyone was back in the barn for the butchering process - in an ideal world, the carcasses should have been hung for 5 days, but other commitments prevented this.

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14th November, 2008 - The Start Of The Lamb Slaughter

Time waits for no-one and even though the lamb slaughtering had been postponed by a week due to Tracey being ill, it was now time for our lamb to go.

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5th November, 2008 - Get Well Soon Tracey!

In the very early hours of this morning, Tracey was taken ill to a local hospital.

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3rd November, 2008 - Well, He Had Been Warned!

Fair's fair - yesterday Dan warned the bunny that if he returned, then there would be trouble.

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2nd November, 2008 - Bloody Rabbits!

We are fortunate that we have a large garden - 3 acres in fact. Now, with that amount of land, you would think that there was plenty of room for everyone...

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1st November, 2008 - Tracey's Back Home

With Tracey back at home and our visitors departed, life is almost back to normal...

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30th October, 2008 - Kel & Johno Left In The Lurch!

Tracey was admitted to hospital last night and with Dan staying by her side, the responsibility of feeding the livestock and pets fell to our visitors.

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29th October, 2008 - Oh No! Dan Goes To The Market!!!

Despite high productivity a few weeks ago, we only have 1 regular egg layer and so decided that we should get another hen.

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28th October, 2008 - Micha & Sorbet

For a single girl, all good foreign holidays must include a holiday romance - and for Micha, this must have been the best holiday in the world!!!

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27th October, 2008 - Dione & Micha Collect Today's Produce

With Auntie Tracey's help, Dione picked a dish of strawberries and raspberries.

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26th October, 2008 - It's A Boy Thing!

With a trailer full of apples destined for the pigs, Dan thought that he should make use of the apple juice before the pigs started eating.

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26th October, 2008 - Another One Bites The Dust

Unfortunately, the last remaining chick residing in Rabbit Hilton, aka Jason (Kylie's mate!), was struggling to get on his feet this morning.

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25th October, 2008 - Dione Sounds The Alarm!

Autumn half-term and visitors arrive at Tree Frog Farm.

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24th October, 2008 - Apples Galore

In a bid to find some more scraps for Dick & Dom, Dan went with Andrew to collect some windfall apples at a friend-of-a-friends orchard in Secondigny.

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24th October, 2008 - Aah, Poor Sox :-(

Having previously suffered a phantom pregnancy, we were pleased and somewhat relieved when Sox finally gave birth earlier this month.

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23rd October, 2008 - Salty Ol' Sea Dogs

It's been a nervous week for Dan, who has been checking the weather forecast almost hourly for the past 10 days, hoping upon hope that the wind would not be making an appearance.

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20th October, 2008 - Nurse Tracey

Despite being fed twice daily with sardines, "Hello" is showing all the signs of a cold - or perhaps, like Dan, it's a case of "man flu"

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20th October, 2008 - Chick-chick-chicken Lay A Little Egg For Me

Despite plenty of encouragement (and more recently, warnings), it would appear that Henrietta has failed to lay a single egg.

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20th October, 2008 - The Road To Freedom

In the evening, whilst shutting the shutters, Dan noticed that one of our pigs, Dick, had strayed outside of it's pen and electric fence!

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19th October, 2008 - More Autumn Jobs

Dan rotivated the beds where the butternut squashes and runner beans were pulled yesterday, in readiness for manure and compost being piled on in a few weeks time.

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19th October, 2008 - You Win Some, You Lose Some!

Unforunately, yesterday's stroke victim didn't survive.

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18th October, 2008 - Oh No!

During the evening rounds, when the birds are returned to their respective cages and then fed 'n' watered, Tracey witnessed one of the fattener-upper chickens having a stroke!

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18th October, 2008 - "Kylie"

On his morning rounds, Dan found that the smallest chicken in Rabbit Hilton had suffered greatly due to the heavy frost.

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18th October, 2008 - Autumn Tidy Up

Once the sun was up over the trees and had thawed the frost, it was warm enough to venture out and tackle more of the jobs on our lists.

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17th October, 2008 - No Two Days Are Ever The Same

Mornings are definately much cooler and although the sun is shining, it takes a while for it to warm up.

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16th October, 2008 - Bringing Home The Bacon

With rain all night and early morning we woke to wet and miserable, grey skies.

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15th October, 2008 - More Preparations For 2009

With cloudy skies and a nice warm breeze, it was perfect weather for Dan to put in the onion and garlic sets.

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14th October, 2008 - Prepare To Meet Your Maker!

We arranged for a local charcuterie butcher, Frances Maupoint, to come and have a look at Dick & Dom today.

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13th October, 2008 - Preparation For 2009

Armed with a big shopping list, we set off to purchase plenty of bulbs.

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12th October, 2008 - Plat De Jour

With Dan finally getting his backside in gear and completing jobs that have been outstanding for over 4 years, Tracey was not to be outdone...

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12th October, 2008 - Dumb & Dumber!!!

The morning rounds of feeding livestock includes the pigs, rabbits and "fattening up" chickens.

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12th October, 2008 - "Hello" 2 :: Moles 0 !!

"Hello" has proved himself a worthwhile addition to the household and definately deserves his own weight in sardines!

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11th October, 2008 - Amazing Colours

A hot & sunny morning kicked off the day - a far cry from last Saturday's freak frost that appeared from nowhere.

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10th October, 2008 - Now You See Me, Now You Don't

During Tracey's afternoon "round-up" - feeding and watering the animals - she discovered a hutch door open and 3 of Mimi's babies bouncing around.

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10th October, 2008 - Pumpkin Harvest

Another glorious sunny day.

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9th October, 2008 - Return Of The Indian Summer

Everything in the garden looked rosy today and was bathed in a golden glow as the blue skies and sunshine returned.

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8th October, 2008 - Up Close & Personal With Mother Nature

As a 'townie' Tracey has had to overcome many things by living in the country including - a childhood phobia of cats, a phobia of anything that crawls along the floor, anything with feathers or fur and anything that looks like it might be part of a wildlife documentary!

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7th October, 2008 - Another Power Breakfast

Our day started with another breakfast meeting with our friends Dale & Andrew.

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6th October, 2008 - Another Day In Paradise...And Another 80's Classic

Unfortunately, the weather was nothing like paradise!

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6th October, 2008 - Sorbet 1, Spider 0

With the constant drizzle of rain, we haven't yet collected any conkers in a bid to deter spiders.

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5th October, 2008 - No Frost In Sight, But No Sunshine Either

It was a wet & windy day and neither of us could muster the energy or enthusiasm to work in the garden today (not helped by our late night at Gilly & Geoff's)

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4th October, 2008 - A Practical Use For Conkers!!!

Our evening was spent celebrating Geoff's birthday at Gilly & Geoff's house, with Steve and his wife Tracey.

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4th October, 2008 - Chicken Pathe News

Our friends Geoff & Steve delivered 11 chickens to us this morning.

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4th October, 2008 - Rabbit Muck Manure

With lots of babies over at Rabbit Hilton, it was necessary for Dan to muck them out again - especially as it was dry and sunny.

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4th October 2008 - TLC For Turkeys

Our injured birds are making a comeback.

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4th October, 2008 - Jack Frost Makes An Early Appearance

Although the weather for the last 5 days has been pretty grey and dismal, we were certainly not expecting to see the frost that greeted us when we opened the shutters this morning!

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3rd October, 2008 - Would Bernard Matthews Be This Caring?

Our morning ritual of feeding the livestock also incorporates a health check of our animals.

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