Archive for July, 2007
Posted: July 30th, 2007 by
Lisa
I almost afraid to say it, but we sort of kind of maybe made some progress this weekend. The sheep aren’t happy where they are, but they have lots of room out on the hill, three out of four sides are permanent fencing, and the last side is electronet, but because it’s a straight run,
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Posted under Bedding, Bjarki, Chicken Coop, Chickens, Farm Life, Fencing, Horse Housing, Horses, Jeremy, Manure, Sawmill, Sheep, Tractor, electronet.
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Posted: July 27th, 2007 by
Lisa
George, one each fantastic purebred Icelandic ram, for sale here in southwest New Hampshire: #flickr_badge_source_txt {padding:0; font: 11px Arial, Helvetica, Sans serif; color:#666666;} #flickr_badge_icon {display:block !important; margin:0 !important; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;} #flickr_icon_td {padding:0 5px 0 0 !important;} .flickr_badge_image {text-align:center !important;} .flickr_badge_image img {border: 1px solid black !important;} #flickr_www {display:block;
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Posted under Farm Life, ForSale, Icelandic, Rams, Sheep.
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Posted: July 26th, 2007 by
Frank
Out behind our house is the remnant of a large (10-20 acre) beaver pond, where the beavers drowned a serious spruce forest between 1960 and 1980, give or take a couple years on each end. They had left fairly recently when I bought the land in 1986 and there was still standing water under
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Posted under Beavers, Frogs, Mosquitos, Snakes.
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Posted: July 25th, 2007 by
Lisa
It finally feels like summer has arrived. Our tomatoes got in so late this year that I still don’t have any ripe, but this heat wave might just do the trick. When I was thinking about getting out the dehydrator and canning supplies so that I could be ready when the harvest starts, I
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Posted under Food.
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Posted: July 22nd, 2007 by
Frank
First, I’ll start with my recipe for really enjoying working seven day weeks. Have two wildly different jobs and really enjoy them both. I enjoy programming, and I enjoy farming. Forty hours a week of each makes a nice, well-balanced life. I failed in my resolution to stay out of the hives this weekend. However,
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Posted under Farm Life, Fencing, Honey Bees.
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Posted: July 20th, 2007 by
Lisa
Pitcher Mountain Farm is about five minutes from our house, and it’s always been a big landmark for us. Whenever we see the furry cows, we are almost home. The views from there are spectacular, and the critters always look so happy. Frank stopped to talk to the farmer once when they had a
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Posted: July 19th, 2007 by
Lisa
I was really worried about these two. I mean, really really worried, especially about Fiona. She kept herself separate from the flock, stayed way back in what we’d been calling the jail, and we didn’t have to chase her or anything to keep dosing her up with wormers and B vitamins and an iron
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Posted under Chickens, Horses, Pigs, Sheep, illness.
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Posted: July 16th, 2007 by
Lisa
I’m discouraged, lately. I think we both are. The only thing that is really thriving is the bees. (Murphy — back off. We do not need to have something happen to them now, thanks!) The sheep are having huge parasite problems. Selina and Fiona both showed awful bottle jaw, so we were worming them frantically,
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Posted under Chicken Coop, Chickens, Death, Fencing, Jeremy, Off-farm Jobs, Sheep, Worms, electronet, illness.
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Posted: July 15th, 2007 by
Frank
The midsummer doldrums do seem to be starting in the bee yard. This is far from all bad: Everyone was much more laid back today and didn’t come after me even when I scraped burr comb. Today’s status: The left-most hive doesn’t seem to have done anything with their super since last week. The
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Posted under Honey Bees, Pigs.
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Posted: July 14th, 2007 by
Lisa
We had to go get an emergency stash of hay this week, which took us by Breshears Nursery and farm stand in Alstead. We stopped to see what they had, and was pleasantly surprised at the variety. They had fresh peas, small yellow squash, small zucchini, yellow beans, and a bunch of hot
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Posted under Food.
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