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Blame it on the thunderstorm…
The title is from the Peterson farm brothers’ spoof “Bale”, which I’ve been humming all afternoon while I raked hay. First you cut it, then it has to dry, then you can rake it and store it. (You rake faster … Continue reading
Happy geese
It took a few days, but we confirmed that the geese had bonded so well to the goslings that they weren’t leaving, even to walk to the pond to bathe. Not good. So, we swapped the goslings into the old … Continue reading
Hatch day
Seven eggs, twenty days, and several humdinger storms later and we have this: Then it got out, but I wasn’t sure if I should count it yet, it looked so pathetic. An hour later, it looked much better! And another … Continue reading
Got milk?
He does… And, finally, so do we! Fresh, raw milk. First proper overnight calf separation and 6 am milking was Thursday. I’m rather proud of the milking stanchion. Four posts in concrete, three gates for various cow-handling needs, still have … Continue reading
Guess what came in the mail!
… in a small box with air holes. Twenty Black Langshan chicks! They’re somewhat uncommon, taste great, and lay beautiful dark brown (with some purple) eggs. They will grow up to be solid black with an iridescent green sheen. But … Continue reading
First tomatoes!
I found the first ripe tomatoes tonight! Lots more to follow, hopefully; the plants look good.
Cattle in the rain
Thank God, the rain finally hit us! (The last three huge lines of storms drenched everyone around us, but missed us by mere miles.) They have a barn to go into, and they usually hide in there for the hottest … Continue reading
The first cows
Over the weekend, we rented a trailer and picked up two pairs of cows from two different farms. One steer (destined for the freezer) and a heifer (she’ll be a cow once she has a baby, we named her Brigid) … Continue reading
The boys are WAY outnumbered…
… because the bees have arrived! A thriving hive will have tens of thousands of bees, only a dozen or so who will be males (drones). The queen and all the workers are female. We came, we smoked them, we … Continue reading
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