Category: April 2012
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Spring Spruce Up
April 30, 2012 The last day of April is here. Another month has faded away, but spring is in full motion now. The rain is sprucing up the grass and I have been forced inside for much of the day. This painting project got squeezed in before the…
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Cooped Up
April 26, 2012 Here it is, still on the trailer, but home just the same. The new coop has arrived. It is a beauty. The wooden end will be stained and the roosts need to be built, but other than that, it is move in ready 😮 The…
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Ready to renovate
April 24, 2012 No, that is not a small pen… It’s a big boar. Noah is pushing 500 pounds. He is calm and easy-going. I expect he will work my garden soil over good! In the photo, Noah is in the new pen, but also still in…
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Going Bottomless!
April 23, 2012 I have a problem with one end of our garden. The soil is poor and tough to work. I have decided to rectify that problem this year. I am going to harness the playful power of pork to help accomplish my goal. I will…
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Shhh … Don’t tell mom that I’m a stripper!
April 22, 2012 Okay, it’s not as exciting as you thought … but they are strips none the less 😮 I have laid out a three and a half-acre field into the strips you see above. This field is where we will grow pumpkins, squash, some mid-season sweet…
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The end of an era
April 21, 2012 Our old chicken coop started it’s life as a corn crib. It is a very old building that I got from a guy across town. He had made it into a clubhouse for his children. They out grew it so I brought it to my…
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Ready to Garden
April 14, 2012 The garden is looking very inviting. I am amazed that it is almost ready to plant. I could have it ready in just a few hours, but alas, it is too early for me. I have a few early crops planted in another place.…
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Back at it…
April 12, 2012 After a couple of extra days at work on my off farm job, I am back at the wood cutting, splitting and stacking. The woodshed is filling up, but it sure does take a lot to get it done. I have just two more large…
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The Celebration of Easter
April 8, 2012 Easter baskets, colored eggs, hula-hoops and of course chocolate! People are gathering to celebrate Easter on this day. My hope is that the true meaning of Easter gets conveyed. It truly is a day for celebrating. This is the day Jesus conquered death and rose…
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A Prickly Situation
April 7, 2012 This rusty old barbed wire was gathered from an old fence line. The wire was stapled to trees and long grown into them. The trees don’t seem to mind, but future woodcutters might! The fence row was getting over run with briars and brambles.…
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