Showing posts with label farming. Show all posts
Showing posts with label farming. Show all posts
15 October 2014

Yes, I’m here.

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I haven’t written much lately … I’ve been quite busy, doing one thing or another, recovering from a cold, struggling to sleep, catching up o...
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24 June 2014

Barter

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Today I went on a road trip to Rocky Mountain house, and this is wht I came home with! I left behind a cooler full of beef, which we had...
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15 August 2013

Another week for George, and a new sheep feeder

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George the calf has has his two summers and a winter, and it’s time for his ride to the last stop before the Big Pasture in the Sky. However...
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20 July 2013

New watering strategy for the stock

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The shape of the pastures and barnyard is an evolving thing, still. I would like it if we could just figure it out and stick with one good, ...
18 May 2013

Sunny day, more fence repairs.

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The weather forecast is FINALLY calling for some rain this week, which is good - we have had no rain but a few little sprinkles not worth pu...
07 May 2013

Saving trees from brush hogging

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Not a best seller like Saving Fish from Drowning , but hey. Trees that are too near the road and/or under the powerlines will eventually b...
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03 May 2013

Spring is crazy busy on a farm

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Springtime is nuts around here. The weather has been a bit crazy – it’d warm up, then we’d get a heavy wet snow blizzard, then it’d warm u...
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21 March 2013

A farmer kind of day

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Go outside for morning chores – it’s a bit windy, but not too bad. Put hay in all the feeders, chase a couple of sheep back to where they be...
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09 July 2012

A Day in the Life of George the Calf

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Mama and I slept in the barn last night. I think maybe we’re supposed to do this every night, but I dunno, I only got here yesterday morning...
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02 April 2012

Weird spring blizzard: the perfect day for lambing

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Very early yesterday morning I woke up in need of a glass of water, and I heard rain on the windows. “Great,” I thought, “that’ll help was...
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19 February 2011

Spring must be around the corner!

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We have lambs! The two ‘early ewes’ (the Columbia and Columbia/Hamp cross) had their lambs this week … of course after several days of lovel...
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04 October 2010

Being a soft-hearted farmer

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Sharon Astyk posted this today: Blackberry is elderly, and there's a good chance he'll spend this winter the way he did part o...
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