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	<description>Life on our small farm in New Zealand</description>
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		<title>Hens Starting to Lay</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of our Barred Rock hens started laying about two weeks ago. Bask in the glory of the first egg (it was pouring rain, so this was taken inside):


The first egg

A couple of days ago, another hen started laying as well. She dropped a couple while she was on the perch and they cracked on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Reed is almost a month and a half old, and I still haven&#8217;t written anything about his birth or these special early weeks!
The birth was pretty fast and intense and it all felt really good &#8212; although I think I sounded like a cow stuck in a fence. . . or maybe like a creature [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://farmlet.co.nz/?p=422</link>
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		<title>Country Calendar: Growing Strong &#8212; Whangarei Growers Market</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Crossposted from Cryptogon.
We were over at my mother and father in laws&#8217; house on Saturday. They have a television, so we all watched Country Calendar.
Country Calendar is usually very good, but it was particularly good this time.
Most of the food purchased in New Zealand is sold through the retail networks of just two large corporations. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://farmlet.co.nz/?p=419</link>
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		<title>Reed Brian Flaherty</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Reed Brian Flaherty was born on July 7, 2010 at 9:33am. He weighed 3.535kg (about 7 pounds 13 ounces). It was a natural birth in every way. Becky and baby are absolutely fine. During Owen&#8217;s birth, Becky had a very rough time. This time, she emerged without any tearing at all.
Becky may want to share [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://farmlet.co.nz/?p=412</link>
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		<title>Our Next Son Is Due Any Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Becky is growing an astonishing baby bump. The official due date is July 12th. Owen can&#8217;t wait to meet his baby brother.

Mummy, Owen and baby enjoy a cuddle

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		<link>http://farmlet.co.nz/?p=410</link>
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		<title>Bask in the Glory of Cornelius, Our New Barred Rock Rooster</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We recently swapped roosters with a woman who keeps a variety of chicken breeds in Kerikeri. She had this particularly handsome Barred Rock rooster that she couldn&#8217;t bring herself to turn into a meal for her family. Since New Zealand is a village, and the Far North is an even smaller village within the village, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://farmlet.co.nz/?p=404</link>
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		<title>Water Doom: The Spring Gave Out</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Update: 3 May 2010
Recent rain has recharged the spring. There&#8217;s good flow into the tank and it&#8217;s 3/4 full now. Faucets, shower, etc. are working again.
The streams are still not flowing as usual, so we&#8217;re continuing to take it very carefully with water.
&#8212;End Update&#8212;
The Far North of New Zealand is experiencing the worst drought in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://farmlet.co.nz/?p=386</link>
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		<title>Maggots as Food for Chickens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WARNING: This post contains images that may not be suitable for some readers.
Our chickens have been living in their new poultry house for a few days now and they&#8217;re doing great. I was keen to get started on the feeding program that involves possum (Trichosurus Vulpecula) carcasses and maggots.
I&#8217;d heard enough about theories and vague [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://farmlet.co.nz/?p=374</link>
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		<title>Finally, We Have Chickens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We recently bought eighteen two-day-old Barred Rock chicks. They were unsexed, so we will probably wind up with something like half of them turning out to be roosters.
Chickens, used properly, are outstanding creatures for permaculture systems. In addition to devastating the dreaded and fast moving kikuyu grass and other weeds that we have here, the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://farmlet.co.nz/?p=357</link>
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		<title>Red Cabbage Sauerkraut</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have just harvested our little crop of red cabbages, and I have made several jars of pretty purple sauerkraut.


Red Drumhead cabbages

These cabbages (&#8220;Red Drumhead&#8221; from Kings Seeds) have proven very hardy and pest resistant in our garden. We prefer to plant them in the autumn. They are not especially large cabbages, but the heads [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://farmlet.co.nz/?p=348</link>
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