Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Life on the farm. Picture heavy.

Between my shoulder pain, and now fighting pneumonia,
I may not be able to do much on the farm. But, I can take
pictures and blog about it. ;)

Golden Comet chicks.
I bought 24 hens and got a RI red rooster.
 2 new to us, but very old girls.
Their owner could no longer care for them.
They are being held separate from the flock 
until they get used to us and get sheared.


 One big pig and one tiny pig sleeping on their 
pallet bed. The other three were sleeping in the
dirt next to a stump. The sun was too bright to
get a good picture.

 Big pig and little pig.
 There is about 6 weeks difference in age.
As you can see below she is quite a bit smaller.
She is 2 weeks younger than the smaller two.

 They get a handful of donuts daily just to make it
easier to get them in the horse trailer when it is time to go.




 What?! No donuts for us?
Silly sheep! They get the bagels the pigs won't eat.






 The chickens are living in what was originally built 
as a greenhouse. The grain bags are blocking the 
windows and cutting down on the heat in the summer, 
and cutting any extra breeze in the winter.








 Hilary and Michelle....
I may have to change their names.
Not that they know them...

The boys.

My poor van!!

Yes, it has been dinged and scratched by mailboxes 
that have attacked it in the 5 years I've delivered with it, 
but never has it had a tree fall on it.
Hubby was napping in his chair and I was napping on
the bed when SNAP! BANG! we heard the tree break 
off and hit my car!
Even though he came home sick himself yesterday,
he went out in the rain with the chainsaw to cut the
tree off my car so I can go out and get grain today.























 It dented the rack and right above the window.
(I will find out today if the window will close.)
It put a new, larger dent in the side door, and took
2 stripes of paint off the front door under the handle.

I will find out today after the junk car guy comes to 
get my old Jeeps if there is any other damage when
I try to drive it away.
Thank God for junk vehicles to sell. Now I will have
grain for the crew for hopefully another month.
Now for the customer for the Kia to come pay for that
and to haul it off. That will pay for hay for another month.
And if the tree did a lot more damage than we can see,
YEAH! As the car is fully covered under insurance
because of delivering mail and his shearing jobs.

Saturday, May 06, 2017

Upcoming events




May 13 & 14, 2017
Saturday 9am - 5pm & Sunday 9am - 4pm
Admission is:  Reg price is $7.  Seniors 65 and older $5 youth 12 and under are free.
 
At the Deerfield Fair Grounds, 32 Stage Rd, Deerfield, NH, 03037

Summer Market
Outdoors
June - October

Thursdays 4:00 to 7:00 pm
Rain or Shine

Live music every week!

Henniker Community Park
57 Main Street
Henniker, NH






June 24 to Sept 30
9 am-noon

Wilmot Flat Town Green next to the town offices, just off Rte. 11, Kearsarge Valley Rd/Village Rd.
Wilmot, NH




Already tired of the rain....

And, it is not supposed to let up much through Thursday. Hopefully next weekend is good. I dislike unloading and reloading product in the rain. At least we are in a commercial building.

Poor pigs! There has been so much rain that their hoop house is flooded. Jerry gave them extra hay last night, but that was only a temporary measure. Today they got their very own pallet bed! Two pallets side by side with a piece of plywood screwed on top. When the rain slows down again I will take pictures and post here. No one can say that we don't like our animals!!

Now, if it would stop raining long enough for me to get the chicken house built...

Friday, May 05, 2017

Taking advantage of the wet weather...

http://www.wmur.com/article/map-room/4314776




Since I can not work outside, unless I want to be continually wet, I am getting some wool dyeing done. I do already have lots of colors for NH Sheep & Wool next weekend, but not all of the primary colors. So, I am dyeing reds, yellows, and some purple and some orange. I have plenty of blues and greens. I am dyeing both Romney roving and a nice Border Leicester cross washed (not scoured) fleece.

The horse trailer is filled with leakproof totes. Next Friday morning, or Thursday if we can not shear due to wet animals ;) , I will load my van with raw fleeces. Looking forward to festival. Come see us if you can!!

http://www.nhswga.com/nh-sheep-wool-festival

Thursday, May 04, 2017

Thankful Thursday


I am thankful for my husband of almost 30 years and that he has stood by me.
I am thankful for my daughter, and proud of the woman she has become!!!
I am thankful that I have my health, despite my many medical issues.
I am thankful for our home and our farm, and the animals that help pay the bills.
I am thankful for friends and family.
I am thankful for the opportunities before me this year, and the challenges.
I am thankful for an uncoming festival and the opportunity to make some money.
I am thankful I got an appeal date earlier than October. (Now to hire a lawyer.)
I am thankful to live in a free country.

And most of all, I am thankful that Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior and that He shed
 His blood for  me!! Without God in my life I don't believe I'd be this thankful.

Wednesday, May 03, 2017

I got the horse trailer hooked up to the tractor all by myself!!

No small feat for someone who does not have full range of motion in one shoulder. 😉 But after moving the tractor a little forward and a little back NUMEROUS times, I got it on.  But, before I could start loading it the heavens opened up. I guess God was telling me no more for today.

Most of the totes are in the kitchen and bedroom waiting their turn to go out. I have to get it done by this Saturday morning, even though NH Sheep & Wool Festival is not until next weekend as we are shearing Saturday through Thursday evening next week. We need to leave here no later than 10 am on Friday. I was hoping to get some more dyeing done before festival, but that is not looking good at this point.

 You can see here there are donuts for the pigs
on top of one of my totes, and coats for the sheep
on the chair behind that waiting to go out to the barn.


 The king sized guest bed is holding the dyed roving
and two of my show bags and a large tote with signs plus.

 This was taken from my front door. You can see I don't have
far to go to the trailer parked in front of the barn with the totes.
Nor is it far from the greenhouse turned raw wool storage house.

Hopefully I can get some of it packed tomorrow...
If the rain will just hold off.

Tuesday, May 02, 2017

The newest pigs are home!

And, the older pigs don't seem to mind.
Although the one pig really did not want to 
get out from underneath the hay. ;)














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