tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post4215682919624887053..comments2024-03-28T05:56:52.754-07:00Comments on The Weaver of Grass: A typical farming weekThe Weaver of Grasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-84248899642563094892008-10-13T06:38:00.000-07:002008-10-13T06:38:00.000-07:00My goodness, you have been busy beavers. I wish we...My goodness, you have been busy beavers. I wish we had so much energy or were 20 years younger!Arijahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03720793296992474762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-60651634962982234972008-10-12T02:18:00.000-07:002008-10-12T02:18:00.000-07:00I do cartoons part time and most of them are based...I do cartoons part time and most of them are based on the funny things that happen at our place. Yes we probably are all mad here ( I am laughing by the way!) The Farm is genuinely called the Mad Bush Farm. We have some native bush and the possums in there drive me mad...hence the namesake<BR/><BR/>I don't dairy farm but the reality is here in New Zealand that the herds are so large a small one is around 120 cows in the shed. Bull calves are considered a liabilty as well as any heifers that don't make the breeding worth scale index. The area where I live is mostly dairy farming and the calf kill at the freezing works starts around early July through to about September/October. The little Jersey you see on my blog is a cull calf from a friends dairy farm. She won't be leaving us or the other heifers we have here - I have sold one off but that's it. We don't keep the calves we've bred they are sent to the sales at around six months old. My name is Liz. Feel free to email me at anytime crewmadbushfarm@gmail.com <BR/><BR/>Lovely to catch up again and keep up the poetry it's wonderfulLizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05100812038496671783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-64979760883688489412008-10-12T01:41:00.000-07:002008-10-12T01:41:00.000-07:00bt - we are no longer a "proper" farm as David is ...bt - we are no longer a "proper" farm as David is semi-retired, and we let our land out to the neightbouring farmers and also over-winter sheep from the tops. We were a dairy farm until we got foot and mouth and we have never gone back into it. (David still wakes at 6am though!)The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-1634394242337971182008-10-12T01:40:00.000-07:002008-10-12T01:40:00.000-07:00Nice to be in touch - we must keep it up, mad bush...Nice to be in touch - we must keep it up, mad bush. Is that really the name of your farm or are you implying you are all mad? Hope you get a good run of heifer calves (or bulls if you want them. Round here most people have dairy and the poor little bull calves are unwanted)The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-53852585687672815652008-10-11T17:29:00.000-07:002008-10-11T17:29:00.000-07:00I love your commentary on how your days and season...I love your commentary on how your days and seasons progress. As small time holders of 5 acres, we don't have farm animals or grow crops, only veg for ourselves, but I love reading about how the seasons go round in Yorkshire on a 'proper' farm.BThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16800917080090010655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-90746536631716667592008-10-11T12:14:00.000-07:002008-10-11T12:14:00.000-07:00Hi there. You have such a lovely blog. We're com...Hi there. You have such a lovely blog. We're coming into mid spring here after a very hard and very wet winter. I'm about to run the bull with my cattle and hopefully if he does his job we'll have calves on the ground again. Just love the photos. Liz<BR/>And thanks for your compliments!!!Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05100812038496671783noreply@blogger.com