Mothers and Daughters
June 5th, 2014 · No Comments · farming
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Spoiled Hay
June 3rd, 2014 · No Comments · Blog, farming
Our livestock ate nothing but hay–about 200 small bales–during a four-month period over the winter. That’s a lot of hay, and I suppose I should have purchased–or built–some sort of feeder to serve the hay in. But like so many things for the novice farmer, the protocols for hay feeding are a work in progress. […]
Paint It Red
May 30th, 2014 · 1 Comment · farming
My wife finished painting the tool shed and spent about two seconds admiring her work before she moved right along to painting the goat shed. But wait! The tool shed is now a blue-ish gray Sherwin Williams calls “peppercorn.” The goat shed is a completely different color–“gypsy red.” In my wife’s world, contrast is good. […]
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