Category: July 2011
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The Pig Barn
The little house of hog July 31, 2011 The last day of July is upon us. Summer is more than half over. Where did it go? As I look back a bit I can see that I used it up. I didn’t spend many days loafing, so even…
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Clean Up Crew
Circling Buzzards July 30, 2011 Seventeen buzzards circled the back pasture today. I watched them land on fence posts one by one. Then they started to feed on something surely dead in the pasture. I went to investigate. No animals had been in the pasture since last fall.…
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Just Peachy
Canned Peaches July 2011 July 29, 2011 “How are you?”, “Just Peachy!” It’s funny when people say that. I will say though, that we are, ” Just Peachy!” My dear wife canned peaches yesterday. They are as good as they look. The flavor and juiceyness of the ripe…
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Rembrandt … Maybe?
The Garden Fence 2011 July 28, 2011 The garden fence has been installed. The old posts were re-used we just drove them in a little deeper and straightened them as we went. The boards are new and freshly painted. The paint is supposed to last 15 years, I…
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Taking crap from everyone!
Knight & Hoss hauling the manure spreader July 27, 2011 Knight and Hoss are walking down our farm lane, hauling a load of manure. It was a very cool evening much to our delight. The loaded spreader pulled easy on the dry, hard ground. The horses walked leisurely along…
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A-Maize-Ing
Sweet Corn July 26 2011 July 26, 2011 It is amazing what a half an inch of rain can do. This corn was 5 inches high on fourth of July and today, three weeks later, it’s up to my chest. You can see by the shadow that it…
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Happy Birthday Dad
A man who loved horses July 25, 2011 Today was my dad’s birthday. He no longer walks this Earth, but rather rests in my horse pasture. I am pleased to have him nearby, but do miss him still. Happy birthday dad. My dad was a guy…
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Mid-Summer Blooms
Garden Border 2011 July 24, 2011 A heat wave along with thunder and strong winds produced a minimal amount of rain, but made computer work uneasy. The power faded and kicked off, putting us in the dark a few times, so we shut the computer down…sorry for my…
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Gardening in the heat
Green tomatoes 2011 July 21, 2011 It was HOT today. We spent it baling straw and some very nice hay that has a little straw in it. Of course our small baler gave me fits again, so we round baled it all in 4×4 bales at about 500#…
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Necessary Evil
Hoss & Knight killing weeds July 2011 July 20, 2011 I did something that I have only done once in 19 years since coming to this farm. I spray my corn with a herbicide to kill weeds. The late planted corn needs every advantage that I can give…
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