They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
Is more fun with family. At 5 AM I was out in the field tying down this inside corner. It was a tough job, getting all the thirteen longitudinal wires pulled back against the wood post. There was just too much tension, not all of them got pulled back. I will probably revisit this in… Continue reading Stretching the fence…
Thursday was the first day we tried to stretch the fence in the pasture. Got off to a good start, but ended up not going according to plan. The problem was that I actually have no idea how to stretch a woven wire fence, and had no idea how much stretch it would have. So… Continue reading Best laid plans
There are two things you must have in place before you can intensively rotate animals on pasture: Water Control With the plumbing finished, the yard hydrants connected and operating, and the trench filled in, the pasture set up moves into what we hope will be the final stage before we can put animals onto it:… Continue reading Building Fence Anchors.
Yesterday was a beautiful and glorious afternoon, so after Daddy got home from work, he gathered up the three oldest kids and took them to the farm to run in the sun and frolic in the field. The project we were planning on was removing the last remnants of the old center fence at the… Continue reading Sunny Afternoon
It was actually sunny outside yesterday, for part of the day. Daddy and the kids continued working on the garden gate/fence project. Of course this involved digging. Lots of digging. This took us through the coolest part of the morning, and by the time the air temperature was above 40 degrees we were ready to… Continue reading Dog by the Garden Gate
We have been having issues with the dog lately, running back into the berry patch behind the garden. He likes to run back and forth along the fence separating the berry patch from the old orchard, barking his head off at the pigs and the geese, trampling the goumi berries and disturbing the mother goose… Continue reading Down by the Garden Gate.
We now have gates on the paddock that is going to be the pig yard starting on Saturday. Seppi was the first to run through it, just to make sure it worked. Winnie discovered dirt. It’s pretty fun stuff Almost as fun as loose hay. We had to work in the rain a little bit,… Continue reading Paddock Gates
Well, it seems no sooner do we get rid of one set of pegs, then we pick up another. This time we are picking up three weaned piglets of the Meishan breed, which we are interested in seeing if it will be a good fit for our farm. The Meishan breed is a heritage breed… Continue reading Getting ready for pigs
Finally got back out in the field with the two middlest kinder, and we were able to get the last of the main wooden posts in. This perimeter fence has been a work-in-various-stages-of-progress since we bought the place. We have been really pushing to get the perimeter fences fixed and finished, so that we can… Continue reading Last posts are in
Got a few hours in the pasture this afternoon after work. Cool day, with a fine, soft drizzle, just the sort to soak in slowly over the course of a night. Not ideal weather for setting fence posts, but when you have the time and the materials, you have to do the work. We drilled… Continue reading Setting fence posts
Little Farm in the Big City 