Ted and DG, April 2, 2016
Farm life
Happy early birthday to Ted!
Ted decided a couple of weekends ago to rent a wood chipper to try to clean up a bunch of small downed trees and branches on the three acre pasture, but it was already rented and had a waiting list. He called around to price them, and nobody had one in stock, so suddenly he … Continue reading Happy early birthday to Ted!
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A catch up post
We've been busy, busy, busy the past five days here! Saturday was our oldest daughter's birthday, but she's currently living in Brazil, so we didn't get to celebrate with her. She's having a blast though and will be home in April, so we're looking forward to celebrating her 25th birthday once she's back. She spent … Continue reading A catch up post
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New chicks!
Ted came home from work last night with two cheeping boxes filled with chicks from the Rural King he passed after work. My living room now has a plastic bin of little yellow and black chicks because he wanted "to add a little more variety to our flock". These little peepers are LOUD. They're nice … Continue reading New chicks!
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Moving Bindi
We learned last spring that 1) Beef jumps the fence to get to greener pastures, and 2) Bessie and Beef don't get out when we move them often so their green grass looks as good as the grass on the other side of the fence. Sunday afternoon, we decided to fence a temporary section of … Continue reading Moving Bindi
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Last month with the piggies
Ted said the pigs' feeder had to be filled twice last week, so I knew they were getting close to butcher time. From what I've heard and verified through research, there's a point where pastured pigs begin to convert feed to weight at an almost equal weight, and the 250-285 pound mark is the time … Continue reading Last month with the piggies
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Sure sign of spring!
The frogs and toads are taking over. They love all the rain lately. They also love any item that collects water (like this catch bucket under the hose spigot which is then used to water house plants) around the farm!
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It’s chick time!
I recently placed ads to sell chicks to local folks. I feel like we had a great response for the first year of doing this, and we made up a monthly list of hatch dates and folks who want to start their own little flocks locally. We have hatching date set from March, April, and … Continue reading It’s chick time!
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Fixing the pig fence
Step 1: get the pigs busy. Step 2: realize I have the best husband in the world! He got up 30 minutes early and had the fence wire restrung almost all the way around when I went out there at 7 a.m. Step 3: check to make sure the fence is on. .Step 4: remove … Continue reading Fixing the pig fence
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Why today???
I walked outside Thursday evening as Becky was leaving, just in time to see Bitsy was in the chicken yard (not her yard where she belongs!)! The battery died on the electric fence, so she figured out she could just push the gate open and go exploring. Why couldn't she have waited until this weekend … Continue reading Why today???
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