Roofing! Joist supports! Lawn mowing! Walnut gathering! Chick hatching! What was lacking? Rain… So what else is new? Acorn also found a Source for bona fide NPS Ranger belts, circa 1930’s but made to order now. Guy in California owns the roller used “back in the day” and Acorn ordered a belt for Blind HogContinue reading “Season 7, Episode #40~ October!”
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Season 7, Episode #39~ Cooling Temps…
Lows in the 50?? Lovely… Will take it! Now if the farm could just get about 12″ of rain. Piddly things done on the farm, working in the garden, cutting firewood, messing with the goats. Springfield house will get a new roof on Monday- guy said it would be done in a day. Acorn wasContinue reading “Season 7, Episode #39~ Cooling Temps…”
Season 7, Episode #38~ Maaaaaammmoth Caaaaaave….
Well then! An overnight in Kentucky with a 7 hr drive there and back. Two cave tours, two picnic lunches, 18 rare breed chicken eggs and to come back to the farm 3 hrs into a 14 hr power outage. Them farmers certainly know how to have a good time! Is hard to describe howContinue reading “Season 7, Episode #38~ Maaaaaammmoth Caaaaaave….”
Season 7, Episode #37~ Art Trip and Drought Continues…
Exxxxxcelllllent trip to Bentonville for the farmers. Mental batteries recharged and spirits uplifted by wonderful art. And food… Drought continues on the farm. Eggs in the incubator- 19 guinea eggs, 7 banty eggs and soon there will be Swedish Flower Hen eggs once the farmers return from a trip to Mammoth Cave NP next week. Continue reading “Season 7, Episode #37~ Art Trip and Drought Continues…”
Season 7, Episode #36~ NBD- New Buck Day…
The farm got a new buck today- an 18 month old mostly Myotonic with 1/4 Spanish. He is a nice stout lad with great muscling and HUGE “organs of reproduction…” As Blind Hog says- he will be a big boy if he can grow into his nuts. Acorn had an eye exam, advised to hold offContinue reading “Season 7, Episode #36~ NBD- New Buck Day…”
Season 7, Episode #35~ Guinea Keets are AWOL…
Yup- just took a hungry hen to flap up to the brooder box, flip the hook latch and kick the door slightly open. When discovered later- all the peeps had gone and no trace. So much for that- Guinea Keets 1, Acorn 0… Blind Hog’s cataract procedure was a success- things brighter, sharper and heContinue reading “Season 7, Episode #35~ Guinea Keets are AWOL…”
Season 7, Episode #34~ Not-so-blind Blind Hog…
Yay! Cataract procedure appears to be successful for Blind Hog. Already he is noticing improved vision. Hot damn! Meanwhile on the farm, the hay field re-fencing project is now compete. Acorn’s shoulders are saying “praise be” to that. Now Acorn can refocus attention to the garden which has rapidly gone wild. Surgery follow up and meeting with serviceContinue reading “Season 7, Episode #34~ Not-so-blind Blind Hog…”
SAeason 7, Episode #33~ Light at the End of the Fencing Tunnel…
Almost done with the 3rd hay field paddock! Just 245′ left to pull. The fenceline is all tidy between SteelMeadow and the neighbors. Guinea keets made it out to the chicken coop- in their brooder pen is inside the fence “porch” of the chicken coop. Keets will get to watch the chickens and learn thatContinue reading “SAeason 7, Episode #33~ Light at the End of the Fencing Tunnel…”
Season 7, Episode #31~ Back to Fencing…
Finally back to the refencing project, Acorn sees the light at the end of the tunnel. Less than two weeks to get the project completed before Blind Hog’s cataract surgery. Heat, cold, rain and heavy dew have not been kind to the goats but “we see this…” Acorn calls it “summer pneumonia” and it canContinue reading “Season 7, Episode #31~ Back to Fencing…”
Season 7, Episode #31~ 71F for the High in August?
VERY Unusual start for August, but Blind Hog and Acorn are not complaining. After a few days of rain, the farmers were able to get out and about and start clearing brush and overhanging limbs on the west fence line. Blind Hog got his cataract evaluation and will be getting a new lens in midContinue reading “Season 7, Episode #31~ 71F for the High in August?”
