Maxeen
The farm dog
Holds the yard, mostly from a sitting position. Takes the job seriously; the birds do not.
On the beds this month
What's Growing
Everything here was photographed on the farm, this season. If it is on this page it is standing in the ground or on a bench right now.
The nursery
Potted by Hand
Grown on our own compost, potted in whatever the farm had spare. Nothing bought in to resell.
Who lives here
The Animals
Some were brought. Some arrived on their own and stayed.
Marshall
The other farm dog
Supervises everything, contributes nothing, is loved anyway. Once a day the birds are allowed to pull a prank on him.
Raja & Associates
The hens, the rooster and the ducks
Days of sunshine, flowers, pasture, worms, butterflies and mud baths. They live their best lives, and the eggs come out golden because of it.
Name to come
A duckling, first week
Into the water the moment it can stand. Nobody teaches them this.
Raja
Senior partner
Runs the firm from the top of the woodpile. Announces the day whether or not anyone asked, and has never once been wrong about the time.
Name to come
A chick, day three
Hatched here, from our own birds. In four months it joins the flock and starts paying rent.
Salma
The mother of the herd
Two daughters first, then two sons. The ears arrive before she does, and she comes up to be scratched whether or not you offered.
Name to come
One of Salma's, hours old
Up and walking within the day. The goats clear what nothing else will eat, and what comes out the other end goes straight on the beds — which is the only rent anyone asks of them.
Name to come
Salma's daughter
One of the first two. Cream where her mother is spotted, and already eating things nothing else on the farm will touch.
Name to come
The buffalo
The milk in the shop comes from here. Fed on the farm, milked on the farm, and nothing added on the way out.
Name to come
Early arrivals
A stray found this corner comforting in the middle of the jungle and had them here, early on. They arrived the way the rest of it did — on their own, from nothing.
Around the farm
Where Things Happen
