Last year we could not use the stall in the barn for the cows because the rain (70 plus inches in this part of the country) would run off the back of the barn to right in front of the stall opening. It was a sea of mud all winter. To solve this [...]
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Barn Lean to Project
Posted in Infrastructure, The Homestead on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
June on the Homestead (a little late!)
Posted in Cattle, Critters, Dogs, Gardening, Journal, Pigs, Poultry, The Homestead, Tools on August 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I know, I’ve been remiss in posting this summer but it’s been very busy!
I have been keeping a journal of sorts though so I will try to catch up with this post for June.
June 2nd:
Things have been hopping around here. I gave my earthway seeder a real workout! I put in a huge corn patch [...]
March Update
Posted in Cattle, Critters, Gardening, Infrastructure, Journal, Poultry, The Homestead on March 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Wow – it’s been a while! Even with the very nasty weather we saw a couple of breaks to get outdoor spring chores accomplished.
Fencing
We got a major portion of the fencing completed. A new area for the Dark Cornish chickens gives them a new quarter acre of brush and grass with their tractors and dog [...]
New and free Wagon!
Posted in Infrastructure, The Homestead, Tools, Uncategorized on March 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
They were doing spring cleaning at Kurt’s work this week. He caught them just as they were about to chop up a wagon they had for grounds maintenance and throw it in a dumpster! The next day we rented a uhaul to get that wagon to the farm because it’s just what I’ve been wanting [...]
My Homestead Tractor
Posted in Infrastructure, The Homestead, Tools on December 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I started out thinking I could get by without a tractor around here but the more projects that got going and the older I got I finally gave in this year and got a tractor. I wanted to get the right tractor instead of the cheapest deal and after research I decided on my Mahindra [...]
