Category: Farm Life
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Culinary Students, Ram Sorting, and Chicken Processing
The culinary school students came back today for more farm work. Today, we evaluated all of the adult rams, trimmed toes, and gave dewormer as needed. We then took a field trip to Karla’s to pick up our chickens, which were butchered yesterday. The students got to see a bit of the butchering process. Next,… Continue reading
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Labor Day Labors
Today, we had four students from the Culinary School of the Rockies out to help on the farm and learn about where food comes from. We had a busy day! Starting at 7:30 this morning, we worked on most of the flock. We had several tasks to perform. The most important one was vaccinating all… Continue reading
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Tanked Sheep
We’ve got the adult rams in the corrals to let the grass grow a bit before letting them out again. I guess this ram got tired of being butted while he slept, so he decided to find a more secure place for a nap – in one of the empty water tanks! Continue reading
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My Black Thumb Strikes
The second crop from my garden was going to be corn. However, this is the sum total of all the ears we got. Most of them are only partially filled with kernels. I threw away a lot. I noticed that when I was picking them, there were lots of earwigs, especially in the tops. The… Continue reading
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Roofing Is Finished!
The porch is nearly finished. Bill got the last of the roof pieces on today. The only task left is to caulk the various pieces and clean everything up. Continue reading
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New Metal Roof Featuring Fall Turkeys
Bill was back to finish the porch roof today. Here you can see him bending and cutting the metal to form various edges. Later this evening, we went to the neighbor’s house for dinner. One of the local turkey flocks came strolling by. A large group of chicks and several hens came, plus a tom.… Continue reading
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Porch Views
Here are some views of the completed porch. All that’s missing now is metal on the roof. Continue reading
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Porch Construction
The porch railing is now complete! The sawn-off piece of concrete from moving the propane tank will now become the bottom step of the porch. Bill used the tractor to move the slab into position. Continue reading
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The King Family
The entire King family came up for dinner with us. This was our first use of the new porch for an event! The railing is not quite done yet, but we still had a great time. Continue reading
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Porch Work and a Big Frog
The porch is still coming along nicely. The railing is now under construction. Plus, the pond by our house has some rather large frogs in it. This one was about the size of my hand. Continue reading