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  • Farming Is No Joke

    Farming Is No Joke

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    Nerdbilly

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    Phew. It’s hard to believe that it’s been so long since my last update. But then again, it’s not. Have we ever been swamped. Between Springtime building projects, twenty goat kids being born, our first batch of meat chickens being raised and going to the abbatoir, Handsome Husband’s new job taking away significantly more time…

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  • Duck Lessons

    Duck Lessons

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    Nerdbilly

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    Since we got our ducks this year, we’ve enjoyed watching them and their antics. I’ve also been thinking about some of the idioms in our language involving ducks, in conjunction with what I’ve observed, and I have some thoughts in that regard. Let’s start out with “like water off a duck’s back.” When you see…

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  • Guinea Fowl In The Coop

    Guinea Fowl In The Coop

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    Nerdbilly

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    I haven’t introduced them yet, because frankly, I haven’t managed to get a good photo of them. And I still haven’t, but I’ve lost patience with trying at this point. They are skittish little critters who seem to accelerate when they see a camera, so this is as good as it gets, for now. Here…

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