All 60 nannies and kids were run through the working station- tagged, vaccinated, dewormed, castrated, weighed and feet trimmed. Took 8 hrs and several liters of water, including four breaks. Blind Hog and Acorn almost fell out. Good news is that the job is DONE! The scales however gave crazy readings. Will have to work on thatContinue reading “Season 6, Episode #23~ Workin’ the Goats…”
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Season 6, Episode #22~ Beehive Splits…
Blind Hog and Acorn have been busy- the usual chores plus making a split from the beehive, working on the tractors, putzing about in the garden. Sam got skunked- nothing new there.
Season 6, Episode #21~ Groundwork before the Deluge…
Blind Hog and Acorn have been busy farmers- fields are clipped, everything mowed and trimmed. Let the rains begin. Well, as long as the county road does not get washed away… Good news with the single surviving beehive- it is thriving! Acorn will do a thorough box-by-box inspection next week. Maybe even make a split!Continue reading “Season 6, Episode #21~ Groundwork before the Deluge…”
Season 6, Episode #20~ Field Mowing…
Blind Hog is clipping the fields, already “that time” again… Early blast of summer temps at the farm, upper 80’s! he has the first three paddocks done, a couple more on the west side then he can do the two in the east. Acorn has been wrangling black snakes from around the geese and chickens…Continue reading “Season 6, Episode #20~ Field Mowing…”
Season 6, Episode #19~ More Funs Up on the Roof…
Acorn was complaining about lagging internet speeds and dropped cell signal, so she and Blind Hog raided up the cell phone amplifier antenna higher on the roof- moving it to the peak as well as puttin git on a 10′ mast. Already speeds have increased from -114 dB to -102 dB and sometimes even faster! Continue reading “Season 6, Episode #19~ More Funs Up on the Roof…”
Season 6, Episode #18~ One Last Cold Snap…
May get down to the upper 30’s at the farm tonight- Acorn holding off to plant the tomatoes after this last cold snap. Snakey-gosling of last week only lived a couple days- figuring it might have been an infection from the snake bite. Her brother is out with mom and dad, doing very well. Health maintenance week,Continue reading “Season 6, Episode #18~ One Last Cold Snap…”
Season 6, Episode #17~ Saved from the Snake!
Gosling saved from being a black snake’s lunch (much drama ensued); rhubarb pie, asparagus and lettuce feeding the farmers for lunch. The first nice morel of the Spring found- Acorn talked to some mushroom hunters and they also thought it was an off year. Few and far between!
Season 6, Episode #16~ Rain Returns…
Rain is back and well needed- that last deluge all ran off. Still no morels found but Acorn did see asparagus in the garden today! 5 lil’ honkers off to their new home, more eggs in the incubator and some still under an actual goose. Acorn rescued an egg from a black snake, may thinkContinue reading “Season 6, Episode #16~ Rain Returns…”
Season 6, Episode #15~ Lil’ Honkers…
Three goslings hatched so far, another has pipped. Two males, one female. They are just so stinkin’ cute. Blind Hog sold all his pottery equipment, tools and materials to a newbie from northern Missouri. She and her husband delivered Highland heifers 2 hrs from us, then swung over and we loaded them up. Swedish Death Cleaning continues!!!Continue reading “Season 6, Episode #15~ Lil’ Honkers…”
Season 6, Episode #14~ Biiiig Rains!
Finally got the rain, and as of this writing, Acorn reports 5.38″ which is in the 5-7″ rain in the forecast. During the first round, Acorn noticed flapping sheet metal on the old goat barn rood- during a “window of opportunity” Blind Hog fetched the Mahindra and Acorn clambered up the roof, screwing down theContinue reading “Season 6, Episode #14~ Biiiig Rains!”
Blind Hog and Acorn 