The picture above is the freshly tilled new field ... lookin' damn fine. Yesterday was a pretty busy day ... we had guys out here tilling and liming the fields. I spent part of the day picking rocks behind the tractor, part of the day working on fencing, and most of the day toting around 40 kg sacks of lime. These had to be tossed into the scoop of the tractor, cut open with a shovel, and dumped out, and we did damn near 200 of them. The fields look great, and I feel like a tough guy, which is a good combo. The guy running the big tractor told me at the end of the day that he had to hand it to me, because he'd never seen anyone work like that, which is a pretty amazing compliment to get. The new field is now pretty much ready to go ... we're just finishing reinforcing the deer fencing to make it 6' plus. Right now we're doing a quick and dirty job where we use baling twine to attach a taller post to each short post, which we hope will get shored up to be even sturdier when we stretch the wire across it. It should be good enough to keep out the deer for now, anyway.
On a more nurturing note, we now have 200 tiny baby chickens (mostly meat birds, but a few layers)! They came in late Thursday night and I got to help introduce them to their new home and teach them to drink water (dip beak in water, repeat). For now, they're in a tiny enclosure under heat lamps so we can try to keep their temperature at around 90 degrees. As they get bigger and able to keep themselves warm and take care of themselves, we'll gradually enlarge the enclosure. I'll try to get a picture of them soon, but right now Judi is just going into the garage where they're kept quickly every 12 hours to make sure the heat stays in. Even their food and water needs to be warmed before it goes in.
It's a really beautiful morning here. The sun is already burning the fog off, and I can hear geese flying over (as well as Gretchen snoring). Devin gets home from Victoria today, so that will be good also. I look forward to once again having access to a motorcar, which I am gonna use to go get smokes and a beer. And a library card. Not necessarily in order of priority.
On a more nurturing note, we now have 200 tiny baby chickens (mostly meat birds, but a few layers)! They came in late Thursday night and I got to help introduce them to their new home and teach them to drink water (dip beak in water, repeat). For now, they're in a tiny enclosure under heat lamps so we can try to keep their temperature at around 90 degrees. As they get bigger and able to keep themselves warm and take care of themselves, we'll gradually enlarge the enclosure. I'll try to get a picture of them soon, but right now Judi is just going into the garage where they're kept quickly every 12 hours to make sure the heat stays in. Even their food and water needs to be warmed before it goes in.
It's a really beautiful morning here. The sun is already burning the fog off, and I can hear geese flying over (as well as Gretchen snoring). Devin gets home from Victoria today, so that will be good also. I look forward to once again having access to a motorcar, which I am gonna use to go get smokes and a beer. And a library card. Not necessarily in order of priority.
Hey! Jenny here. Your adventures sound great! I'm proud of you two! and yes- having someone say they've never seen a person work harder is definitely a compliment, and it doesn't surprise me. good job!
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Dearest Clare,
ReplyDeleteI am so jealous. I want to be a tough guy too.
Upstairs people are doing naked sex and I am wasting time on internets.
I miss you.
I will come soon and never leave again, fact.
Meg