Category: Construction and Maintenance
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Two Cats in the Yard and Summer Flowers
Bart brought his big backhoe up to dig the holes for the new solar panels. Orange decided to supervise, so we have two cats in the yard now. A buck showed up to watch the proceedings, too. I don’t know if we have deer tags yet, but he might be a tasty buck if we… Continue reading
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No Rocks… So Far!
The first hole is dug, and we have no rocks to speak of yet. This is a first for Garvin Mesa! Unfortunately, it probably means there are a bunch more lurking in the next hole… Continue reading
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Lambs, Rambo, and a New Fence
The ewes and lambs are doing well. All of the lambs are of very good quality, but we still have a lot of ewes yet to lamb. Some of the lambs are learning about the electric fences, while others just look cute as they rest. This lamb is Rambo. He is now on mom number… Continue reading
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Building Fences
We decided to build a welded wire fence around the front pear orchard that we hayed last year. That will give us two grazing paddocks in that area. We would normally use electric netting, but these need to be safe for the rams, and they tend to get their horns caught in the netting. Here’s… Continue reading
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New Fence Is Done, Plus Wide Loads
The new middle divider fence is finally finished. It looks wonderful! It’ll be a much better fence than our temporary welded wire one. The sheep, on the other hand, are looking like wide loads. I hope they lamb soon – they really are getting big! Continue reading
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Even More Brush, Burned
We got another pile of brush and old trees burned today. This pile had been sitting for a couple of years. We still have another old pile to burn, but it’s too close to the hay barn. We have to wait until there’s no hay inside to get that one, and the wind has to… Continue reading
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More Brush, Burned
We got even more brush burned today. These were the last two piles in the main orchard pasture. Continue reading
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Brush Rake and Burning Brush
Larry brought up his brush rake to push the brush from our orchard into burn piles. You can’t see it from here, but the entire orchard is full of brush from pruning. Larry is on the tractor, and Ken and Daniel have the brush rake. This one is sturdy, yet flexible enough to float over… Continue reading
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Burning Brush
We’re late getting the brush out of the orchard. We burn the prunings when they pile up. We got one pile completely finished today! This is our view down the orchard. There still isn’t much grass! Continue reading
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Solar Sheep and More Fences
You can see one of our pregnant ewes here, catching a few rays. She’s giving me the evil sheep eye! Here’s a picture of Caren and me. She wanted scritches, but she was a bit concerned when I held out my arm with the camera and it made a funny clicking noise. Larry is back… Continue reading