Well I’m still here. I bet you weren’t so sure. We’ve been swept with storm after storm this spring, flood waters have risen to record levels, damage has been wrought, but alas we are still here and just fine. Times are still tough, we have had our struggles, but all-in-all we consider ourselves very fortunate…
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Two Months later – Summer 2010
Well, let’s see, what is there to update… We had another heifer born a month later, to the Long Horn cow. And then another born to the other Piney Hill on the Saturday of Labor Day Weekend. The same weekend Sister and family moved back to town, off of the ranch It’s been a VERY…
We have a heifer!
Our first calf on the property was born this morning – on BooHopper’s birthday, to boot! So far, I haven’t gotten close enough to confirm beyond a shadow of a doubt, but it _looks_ like we have a heifer! (baby girl cow) This is awesome! We want lots of girls – we only need one…
Random Update 6082010
The sheep were shorn this past Sunday- FINALLY! Our shearer is VERY busy, since he covers several states while holding down a full time job in the construction industry. Sheep shearing is a bit of a lost art, I suppose. We were surprised with a couple of lambs again this year. The ram escaped about…
Too bad health care reform is not helping me
Yes, I am currently one of the statistics. I am uninsured. _He_ was laid off last year and was forced to take a job without insurance benefits. Insurance is expensive. Unfortunately, I am unable to see how the health care reforms that were passed are going to help me at all. It would be cheaper…
Still Alive and Kicking Almost 6 Months Later
Wow! Where does time go? I won’t even attempt to post all that’s passed under the bridge since my last post in OcToBeR of LaSt YeAr!?!?! But I am posting that we are still here – alive and kicking, homesteading, working, playing, learning, etc. We’ve added cows and more chicky-babies to our little farm, and…
Another Fall Saturday Work Day
Today’s focus will be on starting the job of finishing up the insides of our addition. It’s getting colder! Much wiring, insulation and framing will ensue! First we have to do some shifting-of-the-stuff, since we are using the addition as our bedrooms already. Then, after a trip to town for supplies He will start framing…
Autumn is my favorite season of the year
I’ve been adrift the past couple of months. It almost looks like I blogged myself out at the blogathon, and barely made a post in August, but that is not the case. Things have just been topsy turvy with plenty of turmoil. My hope is that now that my favorite season is here, things will…
Duck!
Here are a couple of our ducks: p=. !http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3237/3756126822_953f644b20_m.jpg! And here is the garden: p=. !http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2500/3756136708_af0e60d809_m.jpg! We’ve been enjoying tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, squash, radish, cilantro, parsley, and bell peppers, so far this year. And still to come are basil, carrots, beets, pumpkins, onions, corn, watermelon, cantelope, peas, beans and popcorn. There isn’t anything quite like…
Traveling Twenty Acres Blogging
I am feeling cooped up in here. As soon as I finish the honoring post I am working on I am going to travel around the property and blog from various locations. Any requests? I’m thinking about visiting the chicken/duck/guinea coop, the garden, the work crew at Mom & Don’s house, the horses, the sheep,…