House arrest about lifted, Acorn is now driving and free from being house bound… In the meantime, a few farm and workshop projects going… Goats started kidding (all boys so far), shop tools being powered on. Bitter cold snap moving in tonight with single digit lows, but then 50’s and even 60F next week? Craaaaaazy!
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Season 6, Episode #47~ Road to Recovery…
Acorn is chafing at the bit to get out and about, Blind Hog has his hands full with multi-tasking. Knock wood- no goats born so far, Acorn is about to the point where she can stand and assist Blind Hog if needed. Things ARE progressing! Sorry- no pictures this week… Been that dull around here…
Season 6, Episode #46~ Hip Hip Hooray!!
Weeks of preparation are paying off as Acorn is cruising quite well post-op with new total left hip. Blind Hog is having all the fun being nurse to Acorn as well as wearing the “head farmer hat” and taking care of everything else. Slow and careful wins this race- Acorn wants to be on theContinue reading “Season 6, Episode #46~ Hip Hip Hooray!!”
Season 6, Episode #45~ Chores and a Run to KC~
Blind Hog and Acorn have been getting all the chores done, and even took a day off to go to KC to shop at REI and IKEA. How else was Blind Hog going to get Acorn to sit down for 7 hrs except to drive? Farm chores are pretty much caught up now, BlindContinue reading “Season 6, Episode #45~ Chores and a Run to KC~”
Season 6, Episode #44~ Welcome to the 21st Century…
Steelmeadow has joined the rest of modernity- ditching the cell phone wifi for Starlink. Put it this way, the podcast uploaded faster than it took Acorn to type these two sentences… Goat doelings were picked up. Blind Hog had an eye exam. And a birthday. Acorn had pre-op appointment and in between all this, choresContinue reading “Season 6, Episode #44~ Welcome to the 21st Century…”
Season 6, Episode #43~ Acorn has a Rant…
Lots getting done- barns scraped and dirt floors limed, garden just about ready to say goodnight for the winter, and the Subaru got new tires and an oil change. A 2 hr long oil change… Acorn says never, ever again… Blind Hog is moving old firewood so new firewood an cage, with the oldest to beContinue reading “Season 6, Episode #43~ Acorn has a Rant…”
Season 6, Episode #42~ Bamboo-zled!!
Blind Hog and Acorn went to a guy not too far away who had a plethora of bamboo that he lets folks dig in the Fall, FOR FREE!!! Seven three-gallon nursery containers got loaded up with bamboo plants ranging from 12″ to 48″. Acorn is quite pleased. House plants and the last of the squashContinue reading “Season 6, Episode #42~ Bamboo-zled!!”
Season 6, Episode #41~ Holy Goat Paralysis, Batman!
A week of wood splitting, cooking, and treating a goat with hind leg paralysis. Acorn gave the goat 30% chance of recovery at first, and danged if the nanny did not pull through. Is almost 80% better now and for a goat whose rear right leg was totally free of tone and only a littleContinue reading “Season 6, Episode #41~ Holy Goat Paralysis, Batman!”
Season 6, Episode #40~ Joyous Gatherings…
Blind Hog and Acorn attended not one but TWO No Kings protests. It was amazing and so refreshing to see so many smiling, happy people. First in the local small town with an attendance of 78, then to a much larger rally in Springfield. Downpours were taken in stride as the rain was most welcomed and itContinue reading “Season 6, Episode #40~ Joyous Gatherings…”
Season 6, Episode #39~ Garlic in the Ground…
German Extra Hardy is the variety of garlic and this was the second harvest year for heads purchased in 2023. Obviously the variety agrees with the Ozarks’ soil. That is a quarter in the picture for scale. Dry beans in three qt. jars. Great harvest! Blind Hog and Acorn been doin’ the usual farm chores. FirewoodContinue reading “Season 6, Episode #39~ Garlic in the Ground…”
Blind Hog and Acorn 