Latest Happenings

Where to start.
Apollo is now in Fort madison. He is staying at a stable there. Sunday the temp reached almost 60 degrees at noon. By 2:30 the temp fell to 37. At 3:00PM we were waiting for the truck that was transporting Apollo. It started raining, then sleeting, and lastly downpouring. Apollo loaded well. He went half in the trailer right from the start. Luckily the rain stopped while we were loading him. It started raining again after he left. When the truck bought the trailer back at 6:00Pm, the truck had ice buildup on it. It rained the rest of the night.

I had the tire fixed on the van. It was covered by road side hazard. Cost half of a new tire. Installed a new blend air relay for the heater in the van. It is nice having heat in the van when the temp falls to 1.8 degrees.

Tried to start the tractor last night. The battery is weak, I may have to jump it to start it. Snow is falling as I type.

The goats are adjusting well to being under the lean to. No baby goats. I don't think they were breed. Guess I'll wait to have them deliver in the spring. Well, that's how it is on the farm.

Busy Weekend

What a day! First I moved the tractor out of the barn so I could pull the van in there. The van has a bad tire. Flat actually. Took the tire off and couldn’t get the spare down. I ended up cutting the cable that holds the spare tire up against the van frame. I did all this while lying in the snow. The tire has a pin whole at the top of the sidewall (of course) so I’ll have to get another tire at $80.

I moved the goats to the lean to. I have to build their shelter box Saturday. I have to run the top strand for the fence today so I can let them out in the yard.

Went to cut a Yule tree for the kids. Walked to the edge of the field and 2 does jumped up. The hunters at work are sitting in deer stands at O-dark thirty and here I (a vegetarian) am out at noon walking with chainsaw in hand and kick up 2 does. You have to enjoy the irony of that.

I have to work on the horse trailer so Apollo can be moved to another stable. Then I have to start enclosing the barn across the pond. Just another day on the farm.

Where'd it go?

The month of November rushed by. A lot has happened since I last posted. Our three foster children went to their grandma’s house to live. I hope they are doing well. We now have two girls that may be with us permanently. We are excited. The girls like the outdoors, which is good, and the animals.

We have to work on the “sharing” thing and they play well with other children.

We still don’t have any goat kids. At this point I hope we don’t get any. It is too cold to have kids in the barn. Maybe in the spring we’ll have some. We got snow the last weekend in November.

The chickens have started laying eggs again. Went through a dry spell for about 2 months without any eggs. Starting to get 2-4 eggs now.

Moved the horses across the pond to the shelter house. I still have to enclose it. I have been trying to clean the barn up but that’s a loosing battle. Seems like every time I go to start, some thing else gets in the way. At least my tool room is getting cleaned up a little. Just have to keep people from putting stuff in there.

We are getting ready to decorate for Yule. I have to find our Yule log so the girls can start lighting it.

More to come later.