Category: November 2012
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Brushing Up
November 30, 2012 The quest for firewood and the clean up of our woodlot requires piling up brush. We could burn it and we do burn some, but making brush piles is a good alternative. The piled up branches and punky logs makes a nice home for small…
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The Value of True Friends
November 29, 2012 Today, I caught up with an old friend. He is not old, it’s just that we have been friends most of our lives. It is a friendship that has cemented over time. I don’t see him as often as I should and sometimes, long gaps…
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Three horses and thirty degrees
November 27, 2012 A play day with three always lifts my spirits. The horses seem to like to work together, no matter what the job. I like using them this way…so I guess we all win 😮 The work continues to wind down here on the farm.…
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Here comes Winter
November 21, 2012 Today and tomorrow we will be enjoying some unseasonable weather. They say temperatures up into the sixties! I hope to complete the last remaining “good” weather jobs. The weatherman says rain and snow the end of the week …. Yep…Snow…Here comes Winter! This morning…
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Staying inside the Lines
November 19, 2012 Why is it that when animals are turned into a new pasture, the first thing they do is walk the perimeter? I guess it’s just like teenagers who have to see if an eleven o’clock curfew really ends at eleven o’clock! I am thinking…
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That Caps It
November 15, 2012 Jake, my youngest son, is working hard on a small pole building for keeping his tractor and equipment in. He, like me, is running out of good weather. He breathed a sigh of relief the other night as the roof shingle job got completed. …
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See Spot Run
November 14, 2012 Yesterday, I was able to turn two young gilts out into a small pasture. It is the pasture where we had planted pumpkins and squash. The little rape and turnip field is also located in this pasture. I had taken the fence down to build…
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Not Derailed … On Siding!
November 13, 2012 Ok , it is a play on words 😮 Connie and I have both had ailments. Both of us are on the mend. I felt good enough the last two days to complete the siding on the wash-house. I worked with my friend and my…
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Mares eat oats
November 11, 2012 Many times in the late summer or early fall, I plant oats for early winter grazing for the sheep. Yes, mares eat oats, but they prefer the harvested ripened grain from the plant. The sheep like the broad-leafed forbes and especially the milky grain that sometimes…
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Red Sky at Night …
November 9, 2012 The other night as I was feeling sorry for myself from my recent viral illness, I couldn’t help but notice this beautiful sunset. I felt guilty for being so down in the dumps after witnessing such an awesome sight. “Red sky at night sailors delight”…
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