Category: August 2012
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Let’s Give Them Something to Squawk About
August 30, 2012 Our hens like the new coop, but were laying all in one nest. I was at a flea market the other day and bought a stone egg from a lady. I brought the egg home and put it in the middle nest box. The hens…
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Logged On
August 29, 2012 We took a second load of logs to the sawmill. The lumber list is now complete for the pig barn addition. Construction will continue as soon as the weather and time permits. It actually sounds like rain may stop us for the first time since…
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Stocking Up
August 26, 2012 Duke is in the stocks, in this picture taken the other day, while he was getting his feet trimmed. It seemed to go with today’s post about making tomato soup. We are knee-deep in tomatoes from the garden and its a good place to be 😮 Yep, we…
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Innovative Pig Waterers
August 24, 2012 Once again, the discarded plastic barrels have answered a need here on the farm. We made portable pig waterers out of them. They work very well, were easy to make and are inexpensive … my favorite part 😮 We took the barrel and after rinsing,…
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Draft Horse Pedicure
August 23, 2012 Today I took the horses down to Burton to get their shoes pulled off and their feet trimmed. They will be barefoot now until late January. They get new shoes in time for the maple sap season ans the work that comes with it. …
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Holes, Poles and a New Project
August 22, 2012 Today we started on the pig barn addition. It will give us two more nice stalls. The alleyway makes moving pigs, feed and manure a breeze. The little barn works very well, so why try to improve on what works? I had to rent…
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Too Tired
August 21, 2012 After chasing his tire, King gets pooped. It is funny to watch him lumber off after the rolling plaything. He is actually very quick, he just looks a bit clumsy from his puppy way of doing things. Today, I know how he feels. Today…
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Man’s Best Friend
August 20, 2012 They say that dog is man’s best friend. I have to agree with that statement. A dog only knows one way to love you and that is with its whole being. They are always glad to see you, no matter that you have only been…
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Racked Up
August 19, 2012 Today we cut down half of the second cutting hay, we built this hay rack and we installed a culvert for the bridge to nowhere. The hay rack got broken during my demolition project of the old chicken coop. I broke everything in sight ……
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Moving sheep after Dark
August 15, 2012 Tonight we moved and sorted sheep. We waited until the cool of evening to do it. It took us a little bit too long, so we finished in the dark. It was nobodies fault, the sorting just took a little longer than I thought it…
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