Category: January 2012
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Mob gathering
Flocking Together January 10, 2012 Today January 10th, 2012 is the first day my sheep ate hay. They have been grazing since last April. They have had hay any time they want it, but have turned their noses up at it. They much preferred to eat what had…
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Making the Bed
Making ready for spring raspberries January 9, 2012 It doesn’t look like much yet, but this will be our raspberry bed come spring. My wife is beside herself. She thinks I am crazy to show a pile of poop, but what is really here, is the beginning stage…
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Ready and Waiting
Gravity Wagon Ready and Waiting January 8, 2011 The snow has melted once again. The fields look pretty good from far away, but once you step on one, you can feel the mud. I am hoping for a freeze up to finish picking my corn. The fields are…
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Pig or Turkey Range Feeder
My less than a dollar feeder January 6, 2012 I make these feeders out of plastic barrels of different sizes. I only have some left over lumber, four bolts, and parts from two free barrels invested in them. Well OK, I guess I should count my time…but I…
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Knight’s Team-Mate
Hoss 1-5-12 January 5, 2011 Hoss is pictured in the photo above. Knight looks on as well. Hoss came to live here a year ago last October. He is an almost carbon copy of Knight. They have become great friends and good team mates. They are becoming one…
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Draft Horse serenade
Knight and Hoss tell me goodnight January 4, 2012 Once my chores are done, peace fills the barnyard. The animals, especially the pigs, are quiet, satisfied and ready for bed. As I go about the final duties of my chores, the last job is to check the…
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Wrapping up Christmas
King the Christmas puppy January 3, 2011 We are all in the process of wrapping up Christmas. Soon the tree will be down, the decorations packed back in boxes and the left over cookies will be put into the freezer….well ok, but the rest of the stuff is…
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Hunkering Down
Three little piggies in a house of straw January 2, 2012 Well, winter has indeed found us. We got nine inches of snow since late last night. The wind is blowing it everywhere. It’s just a winter storm, no big deal usually, but it is the first one…
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Happy New Year
The reason weight loss is a New Year’s resolution January 1, 2012 Happy New Year everybody. I hope your homes were full of fun and family. I wish for all of you a prosperous and healthy New Year. I hope to lose a little extra weight…
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