New Addition to Our Farmlet Family: Baby Girl

Update: Niamh Her name is Niamh Katherine Flaherty. Niamh is an Irish name and, depending on who you ask, it’s pronounced Neev or Ne-uv. We say Neev. Niamh was our first choice all along, but we didn’t like the anglicised spellings of it, and we...

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Shark Knives – Hand Made in New Zealand

Our friend, Peter Griffiths, makes a range of knives at his workshop and gallery out in Takahue: shark-knives.com. I have the Big Chef and it’s awesome. Don’t miss the Parang. Pete doesn’t use the computer much, but if you email or call, his wife, Sabrina,...

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Pure Saanen Buck Kid Free to Good Home

Update: We Have Found a Home for Him We found a home for him AND he gets to keep his balls! We’re taking backup offers in case the initial one falls through. —End Update— On 22 November 2011, Daphne had a strong, healthy buck kid....

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Our First Real Chicken Dinner

Warning: This post contains material that may not be suitable for some readers. I went outside the feed the chickens the other day and saw that Cornelius was covered in blood and that his comb had been torn near the back.* I’d seen him getting...

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