Time has certanly slipped away from me, as I realized it has been quite some time since I have posted to our website. We have recently added to our farm property and have been busy moving the animals around and fencing. The cattle and sheep are all at the new property in some very lush grass, eating away! We have almost completed the perimeter fence repair and will start with our cross fencing soon to make it easier to rotate the animals on to fresh pasture. The cattle are in an open field and the sheep are in the electric net fencing.
Moving water for irrigation is a chore all in its own. 3" irrigation pipe that comes in 20' sections gets moved two times per day to make long sections for irrigation. We are covering quite a bit of ground with the pipe, but also hope to be able to expand our coverage soon. Decided to start wearing some rain gear when we are in the sprinkler section, as I got pretty drenched yesterday when fixing some fence near a sprinkler line.
Our son Matt has been mowing the berry bushes to encourage more grass to grow. He broke the front bucket of the tractor a couple days ago trying to move a tree, so spent most of Tuesday welding and repairing the damage. He is planning on getting back in to the pasture today to hit the bushes again while it is cool.
I know that I have the same amount of hours in the day as everyone else. Sometime I wish for more hours in the day, but also know that I would probably fill those hours with more to do
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Wed, July 21, 2010
by Karin Sinclair
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