the blog has been so quiet.
Haying season has started.
Because of 2 tick bites, I am back on Doxcycline
for 3 weeks. Therefore, I can not be in the sun.
So, I sit in the truck while Jerry is out on the tractor.
I have a couple of shirts hanging from the visor to
block the sun coming in through the windshield.
The windows are open to let in any breeze. But, this
truck does have air conditioning if there is no breeze.
In the meantime, I am balling up a very tangled skein
of our Horned Dorset yarn, kettle dyed by me.
Hubby baling in the first field of the season.
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And, mowing in the second.
God is good!!
Last year a 'gentleman' approached 3 of the owners
of fields that we had mowed for our sheep for the previous
3 years (at least) with the story that he was a local that
needed the hay to feed his cattle. These owners 'gave' him
the fields. We ended up buying hay.
This year, one of the customers emailed to say this person
backed out of doing her fields, could we come back? Yes!
Then the day Jerry was cutting this field we came home to
a message on the answering machine from one of the owners.
The 'gentleman' sold his cows and would not need the hay.
He would be coming in to bush hog it. The owner did not
want that and wanted us to have the fields for our sheep
and was sure the other owner would as well. Were we still
interested in the fields for hay? Again, yes!!
With my broken ankle last year, I was unable to help
Jerry at all last year. The neighbors did what they could,
but they have their own farms and lives. God knew what
he was doing when he took these fields away. And,
despite having to buy hay, I am most thankful to all
who purchased fleeces from us over the winter and
spring. That is how we paid for hay and grain.
Now, it is time to get off the computer and get some fleece
work done. I hope to be posting fleeces on the wool blog soon.
TTFN
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