Category: June 2012
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Setting up your Farmstead
June 30, 2012 When you arrive at your new home, farm or farmstead, the first thing to do is just walk around and get the feel of it. See which way the ground slopes. Try to visualize where your barn will go and other buildings as well. Think…
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Come Babies
June 29, 2012 Our new lambs are approaching sixty days old. I start moving them almost daily now. Many times I only have them follow me to the barn for a treat of grain. The mothers really like this part 😮 Our sheep are 99% grass-fed. They…
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Fly Spray and Fly Nets
June 28, 2012 The next week we are expected to have some very hot muggy days. The horses spend daytime in the barn and are turned out on pasture at night. This management for them keeps the biting flies at a minimum. The flies leave them alone at…
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Whacking Away At It
June 27, 2012 The horses and I have been mowing pasture. I am not worried about hitting anything with the brush hog because we are only mowing grass. I would not mow over shrubs and brush due to flying debris. The grass however, yields easily and is fun…
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Home Sweet Home
June 26, 2012 It’s official, the hens have moved. They are waking up to their new home. I am sure there is a lot of clucking going on, as they discuss their new coop. The location couldn’t be better. The gravel pad looks too big right now,…
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Did you hear we’re moving?
June 25, 2012 I have been in a computer fight with “WordPress” for the last few days. I am not sure I won, but I am getting to post again 😮 Our new hen-house has been set on its platform of gravel. It has been leveled and made ready for…
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It’s Too Hot To Work Today Pa-Pa
June 20, 2012 The thermometer is sitting at 93 degrees F. It is hot, especially for us thick blooded northerners…. and even more especially for us fat ones 😮 I hit the ground running this morning. I was in the hayfield by six-thirty am. I worked at…
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His First Birthday
June 18, 2012 King turned one year old on Father’s Day. He celebrated by taking a dip in his beloved pond, chewing on some old bone he found and playing with a new toy that “mom” bought him. His new toy is a squeaky monkey. He played with it quite…
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A Father’s Day
June 17, 2012 My dad has passed away. My father-in-law is now gone too. My grandfathers are all waiting on the other side as well. I am the next generation. The next one to make a mark on the hearts and minds of my family. A mark that I…
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So Far, So Good
June 16, 2012 The pumpkins seem to be doing well. The plastic is keeping the weeds away from the pumpkins. I do need to get the weeds cultivated in between the rows. Right now they are small, but soon will be menacing water stealers, that have to go!…
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