There's an old driveway that goes from our place up to the church. It was used before the church's driveway was cut several years ago. We joke and say the church driveway is the super highway (it is WIDE). This old little one is getting grown up with patchy grass, and nobody uses it so … Continue reading Not cool, folks
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Sometimes I just watch
Ted works so hard at his "regular" job, and then he comes home and works hard on the farm. Some of the things he does I just simply can't do. For example, I can't install gate hooks and hinges. I've tried. I can drill the hole with the power drill (I *LOVE* the hammer drill!!!), … Continue reading Sometimes I just watch
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We’re a real farm now!!!
Two huge things have happened here at the farm in the past couple of weeks. First, we received notification that we are now an officially recognized farm in our county and state. That's super exciting! It opens up a lot of future possibilities for us. Second, we hired a local Amish man to build a … Continue reading We’re a real farm now!!!
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New pasture
After thinking Beef and Bessie drowned in the flash flood last week, we've been figuring out where to set up a new pasture on higher ground. Ted set posts Sunday morning, and we put up the electric wire that afternoon. Beef and Bessie watched our every move. They are such curious animals. I can't get … Continue reading New pasture
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Flash flood!
It's 4 a.m. as I'm writing this on Monday night/Tuesday morning. I saw the weather report this afternoon about 2 p.m. and that word was in it: derecho. Background: The last time one hit was 2012. The high winds in it picked me up and slammed me down on the concrete. I broke my elbow, … Continue reading Flash flood!
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Big moving day!
This is a big day for the older chicks! They're graduating from the broody house to the big coop! They're seven weeks old now and ready for the move. Usually, we do the move at night so when the older birds wake up, the littles are already in there, just like they're part of the … Continue reading Big moving day!
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Fencing (again)
It seems like every week we're working on fencing. EVERY. SINGLE. WEEK. Ted does most of it. I think he enjoys it. We found the fence charger battery drained this morning. He thought the weeds shorted it out. He had to weedeat the whole fenceline, and then he decided to extend it. Beef and Bessie … Continue reading Fencing (again)
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New pasture
This past Sunday, we decided to move the cattle. The ground was just too wet where they were, and it just didn't have enough space for them. Ted was moving the fence a little everyday, but they were clipping the grass almost to the ground. We got them to move away from the bottom portion … Continue reading New pasture
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Electric fence is MOOO-VABLE!
After looking at the cleared land Wednesday evening, we checked Beef's temporary electric fence. He'd eaten quite a bit of the grass in his area. He was so excited to see Ted! He loves Ted! I mentioned it was too bad we couldn't just move the fence little by little to reconfigure its shape and … Continue reading Electric fence is MOOO-VABLE!
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