Ethel and a good friend
On Sat we tried again to catch the calf that was to be sold to a NY farm. We moved all our cars, trucks, trailers, the tractor and the chicken tractors all in place to form a "V" to get him into the trialer. Of course if we could afford metal fence sections or the wood to build a pinch shute we wouldn't have this problem...
Well, he broke through our fence 3 times and so I have more work to do to fix that mess but his mother walked in to the trailer to get the good hay and he followed her right in. He is in NY now and his Mother a bit lonely but she'll get over it.
My friend Wade stayed all day and used our tractor to level our parking area. This was high on Sheryl's list to get done so we really appreciated the help, Wade is a special guy who is always there when needed.
With all the farm work to do and land to clear I never get time to do the "honey do" stuff so Wade's help was GREAT !!
Ethel the young sow had her piglets Sunday night Monday morning. She made her nest way out in the woods so I brought her some hay. She had just 3 which is good for this time of year as any more would certainly have a hard time surviving out in nature.
We desperately need to make enough money this year to buy 8 porta huts for the pigs. They run about $235.00 each, are metal and will last a long time.
Found out that UConn has a poultry organization to support Connecticut's poultry and fowl farms. We have filled out all the application blanks and will send it in today.
The planning for the new Farmers Market at the Denison Homestead Museum is coming along good and hopefully the board will approve it so we can establish a long term premier market there.
Snow came early this year, we have had two storms so far this year, last year the first plowable storm was Dec 23rd.
All is well in pigville as I put all their houses together and then moved in a round bale, it was funny to watch all the pigs run around with mouthfulls of hay building beds...
Cheers,
Craig
Well, he broke through our fence 3 times and so I have more work to do to fix that mess but his mother walked in to the trailer to get the good hay and he followed her right in. He is in NY now and his Mother a bit lonely but she'll get over it.
My friend Wade stayed all day and used our tractor to level our parking area. This was high on Sheryl's list to get done so we really appreciated the help, Wade is a special guy who is always there when needed.
With all the farm work to do and land to clear I never get time to do the "honey do" stuff so Wade's help was GREAT !!
Ethel the young sow had her piglets Sunday night Monday morning. She made her nest way out in the woods so I brought her some hay. She had just 3 which is good for this time of year as any more would certainly have a hard time surviving out in nature.
We desperately need to make enough money this year to buy 8 porta huts for the pigs. They run about $235.00 each, are metal and will last a long time.
Found out that UConn has a poultry organization to support Connecticut's poultry and fowl farms. We have filled out all the application blanks and will send it in today.
The planning for the new Farmers Market at the Denison Homestead Museum is coming along good and hopefully the board will approve it so we can establish a long term premier market there.
Snow came early this year, we have had two storms so far this year, last year the first plowable storm was Dec 23rd.
All is well in pigville as I put all their houses together and then moved in a round bale, it was funny to watch all the pigs run around with mouthfulls of hay building beds...
Cheers,
Craig
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