Archive for 'Hay'
Posted: December 4th, 2008 by
Lisa
The horses needed a new bale today, leaving us only with three. Ella and the girl sheep will need one tomorrow, leave us only with two. The logger we used to clear the land this summer says he will “try to get to it this weekend” which is pulling it way too close for
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Posted: July 4th, 2008 by
Frank
Instead of buying a $300 round bale feeder, I’m going to try using a cattle panel wrapped around it. We’ll see. We cut it down a little, and Aaron and Frank used a Dremel to smooth out the rough bits. We did the same thing for the sheep, except instead of eating out of the top, they will theoretically eat through the cattle panel openings. As they eat it, I’ll tighten it around them. We covered the top with a tarp. I hope these work. I need to find ways to save time during the day. It’s taking far longer for the loggers to clear the new pastures than I’d hope.
Posted under Hay, Horses, Sheep.
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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: March 31st, 2007 by
Frank
I cleaned up the other two hives today. Both had pollen but no honey left. Also both had mice in residence. I’m unsure of what happened to the first one I cleaned up. It may have starved, but it may also have succumbed to XXX and then been robbed. The second I’m pretty sure died
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Posted under Collecting, Eggs, Farm Life, Hay, Honey Bees, Horses, Mice, Pearl, Prince.
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Posted: February 27th, 2007 by
Lisa
We got quite a bit done of the chicken palace, I mean coop over the weekend. The weather on Saturday was awful, clear and cold, but really windy, so we didn’t do much outside at all. Sunday was gorgeous, though, and we made real progress pretty quickly. Having two cordless electric drills was a
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Posted under Bjarki, Building, Chicken Coop, Dogs, Drill, Farm Life, Hay, Injuries, Llama, Scrounged, Sheep, Valerie, Worms.
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Posted: February 9th, 2007 by
Lisa
It’s been really cold outside, which makes for a really good time to work on fiber projects. We’ve got less than three weeks to get the chicken coop built, but doing it outside in single digit temps just doesn’t sound like much fun at all. We go out and feed the critters in the morning,
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Posted under Carding, Farm Life, Fiber, Hay, Llama, Plying, Spinning.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2007 by
Lisa
The sheep have all gotten a little wilder with our year away. I think it was just more than Valerie could handle to keep them all tame and handle-able, while doing everything else on the farm, plus working, plus college. I know they were spoiled as much as she could do, and treated well, but
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Posted under Farm Life, Hay, Llama, Red Scoop of Joy, Sheep.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2007 by
Frank
The hay feeders have been a big success. In normal winter weather (say low of 8°F, high of 18°F), we’ve pretty well stabilized at two bales a day. Miguel’s crew clean out their feeder every day with the extra to Leon and Buster, and the other two pens each eat one in two days. This
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Posted under Farm Life, Hay, Reviews, Tech Stuff.
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Posted: January 22nd, 2007 by
Lisa
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Posted under Building, Hay.
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Posted: January 4th, 2007 by
Lisa
We worked outside almost all day yesterday, finally finishing putting up the Clearspan Storage thingie that will we use to store hay. We bought this one except that we got the 3 foot rafter span to handle the snow load. It took much longer to put up than we expected, but Frank said the next
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Posted under Building, Farm Life, Hay, Weather.
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