The English Paysanne

A moment from the week at La Singlarie Lid's arrival in the garden went down like a lead balloon. He has been trying to wrangle his way in the house - his chances are very slim if Fizz has anything to do with it.

A moment from the week at La Singlarie The workers clearing up the grass seeds.

A moment from the week at La Singlarie Training in progress to get everyone locked down for breakfast and tea. Lots of I don't like being next to her, she has too bigger horns and she eats all the hay goings on  but we are nearly there, of course there is always one who is camera shy - the one covered in hay.

A moment from the week at La Singlarie The last calf ( a male) of 2016 was born this afternoon.

A moment from the week at La Singlarie One steer packed and ready for Christmas.

A moment from the week at La Singlarie Looks like a trench Mr Stickler?

A moment from the week at La Singlarie Freya was back for a few days, helping before her friends spent the weekend in the gite. Memories of being locked out of the house in Hampshire on a Saturday afternoon collecting leaves with her brother flooded back. They use to be shut out for an hour to stop them from vegetating in front of the TV. I think it is called character building.

A moment from the week at La Singlarie We have had a bit of a mixed weather week, The colours of Autumn are lovely when the sun shines but a bit depressing when it is foggy and damp.

A moment from the week at La Singlarie With Farmer J away we, Freya and I have been left in charge of the cows - and pigs, chickens, ducks, sheep, donkeys, cats and Sorrel. And we managed! (with lots of chocolate - for us not the animals)

A moment from the week at La Singlarie Chicks see the outside for the first time this week.

A moment from the week at La Singlarie We are not yet bossom buddies but Tempete and Lids Mc Claws are coming to terms with having to share the farm (and me)

A moment from the week at La Singlarie Winter coat making

A moment from the week at La Singlarie Taking in the sun shine

A moment from the week at La Singlarie  Farmer J's Autumn clean.

A moment from the week at La Singlarie "Cows to the left of us, cows to the right here I am stuck in the middle with you". "Yes Bambou but if you look really closely my ears are behaving like cows, shall we start mooing"?

A moment the week at La Singlarie My tomato plants got rot on the bottoms of the tomatoes. The old sows tomatoes are doing really well in her enclosure - I cant believe a pig can grow better tomatoes, she doesn't even do anything to them or eat them. May have to give the veg patch over to her next year!

A moment from the week at La Singlarie Summer is nearly over, after six weeks of intrerupted nights when being woken by Master C as he comes back from working at the local restaurant he left on Tuesday back to Toulouse. Check out his photos  feldspath.tumblr.com/

A moment from the week at La Singlarie Finally bringing the hay in for 2016, there is rather a lot of it.

A moment from the week at La Singlarie Look left everyone. Not all chickens know their left from their right but we are working on it. Pierrot has found his feet, preferring to roost with the younger girls maybe the older ones have snoring issues.

A moment from the week at La Singlarie Is this how you get double yolkers?