Archive for 'Tractor'
Posted: May 10th, 2008 by
Frank
I’m working down in the flatlands now, so weekend days are precious. We need to get the farm set up so Lisa can do more than just take care of critters. And then soon, I need to be able to do more than that. A year ago we had extra firewood, but the sheep shed
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Posted under Design Ideas, Fencing, Honey Bees, Tractor, Uncategorized.
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Posted: December 22nd, 2007 by
Lisa
Even if you go over the edge, the thing to do the very next day is get right back in the saddle. Driving that tractor in the woods in deep snow is really not very fun, just for the record. I’m pretty good at maneuvering it around, but I don’t like it, and when
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Posted under Clearing, Firewood, Hay, Horses, Tractor, Töfradís.
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Posted: December 21st, 2007 by
Lisa
I sure seem to have a knack for getting the tractor stuck in ditches or foundation holes, or in the mud or snow. Wow. It sucks. I was pulling a pine log for the newly established pulp wood pile, misjudged where the ditch was, and got it good and stuck. Frank tried using the
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Posted under Bjarki, Clearing, Farm Life, Tractor, Töfradís.
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Posted: October 22nd, 2007 by
Frank
We now have a brand new freezer, full of 300 lbs of pork and 100 of lamb. The smoked stuff is still yet to come. New Hampshire no longer has state slaughterhouse inspection, so we are attempting to figure out how to sell the meat. We probably needed to sell the critters alive, then
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Posted under Chicken Coop, Chickens, Farm Life, Sawmill, Sheep, Tractor.
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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 1st, 2007 by
Frank
It’s July first. That’s pretty scary given how much we need to do before snow flies. However, for the first time in a long time it really feels like we accomplished more this weekend than just take care of (and chase) the animals. Yesterday we built half a raised bed. The one we have is
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Posted under Building, Compost, Farm Life, Honey Bees, Manure, Potatoes, Sawmill, Tractor.
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Posted: June 20th, 2007 by
Lisa
I was backed up on milk, because I wasn’t here last week, so had an extra heavy dairy making sessions today. I made yogurt, strawberry maple ice cream, lemon cheese, and mozzarella, all from raw milk, of course. The pigs love me today, as do the dogs. Frank was able to take a few breaks
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Posted under Back Hoe, Dairy, Farm Life, Pearl, Tractor.
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Posted: May 8th, 2007 by
Lisa
It’s really hard, right now. We lost a llama yesterday, so suddenly that I can hardly believe it happened. It’s hard to even write about it, but I guess I want to document it in case someone else has something similar happen. On Saturday, Vinnie had a lamb, the first one in the pen with
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Posted under Bjarki, Blackflies, Chickens, Death, Ewes, Farm Life, First Date Out, Horse Housing, Lambs, Llama, Mosquitos, Sawmill, Sunny, Tractor, Truck, Window Boxes, mega-catch.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2007 by
Lisa
It is amazing how well Buster Muster is doing. He still looks awful, but is his same-old happy, cheerful self. He lets me check him out whenever I go out there, and since I’m a big old worrywart, that’s a lot. The horn itself, or whatever the flesh that is left is called is
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Posted under Building, Chainsaw, Farm Life, Injuries, Rams, Sheep, Tractor, Trees.
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Posted: December 19th, 2004 by
Frank
Last year we called it a year on November 23, because everything was done. This year I’m calling it on December 19th because it’s supposed to snow tonight. Lisa joked last year that we were afraid to stack anymore firewood because we always run out and we didn’t want to see the winter we’d get
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Posted under Chainsaw, Farm Life, Firewood, Sheep, Snow, Tractor.
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