Archive for 'Weather'
Posted: April 4th, 2008 by
Frank
It was supposed to start raining about ten this morning, so we didn’t worry about leaving the sap uncovered to cool. There was half an inch of snow on the ground (and in the sap) at six this morning. One hundred sixty five gallons boiled down to fifteen over the last two days. It’s
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Posted under Snow, Tech Stuff, farm business, maple syrup.
Comments: 4
Posted: March 29th, 2008 by
Frank
Hermione finally had her piglets yesterday, 119 days after coming home from East Hill Farm. Nominal pig gestation is 115 days: She pushed it as hard as she could and of course had them in a snowstorm. The good news is that all is well, six live piglets that she is feeding and looking
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Posted under Chickens, Ducks, Farm Life, ForSale, Geese, Pigs, Snow, Tech Stuff, Turkeys.
Comments: 4
Posted: December 16th, 2007 by
Lisa
It was really hard to motivate myself to get out there and do morning chores this morning. At 7 a.m., it was 11°F with 18 mph winds, steady snow, at about an inch an hour rate. But we bundled up, long johns and double socks underneath my ski suit, and Frank put on
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Posted under Bjarki, Chickens, Evening Grosbeak, Food, Horses, Polly, Prince, Snow.
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Posted: December 15th, 2007 by
Lisa
I got Ms. Misty moved one pen over today, and it wasn’t that hard. She really wants to be behind a fence right now, and when I just left the gate open and let her choose to go in with gentle pressure from behind, she walked in. Whew. Having her out the day before
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Posted under Chickens, Firewood, Llama, Snow.
Comments: 2
Posted: December 14th, 2007 by
Frank
We had ten inches of snow yesterday. That leaves about a foot on the ground and no reason to expect it to melt before April. Mike showed up and plowed, but for some reason didn’t seem to do as much as usual. This gave Lisa a reason to fire up the tractor and do
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Posted under Chickens, Clearing, Farm Life, Firewood, Snow.
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Posted: December 13th, 2007 by
Lisa
The snow started today around noon, and it’s now almost eight, and it hasn’t stopped nor slowed down. I bet you we have close to a foot, at least, even though the forecasts kept saying that the storm was going to mostly stay south of us. There’s a Nor’easter planned for this weekend, too,
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Posted under Chickens, Food, Snow.
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Posted: December 2nd, 2007 by
Lisa
I’m taking a quick lunch break, and there are three million things that have to get done before snow flies, and they ain’t all going to get done. Maybe it will help if we list them. Maybe it will make me want to jump off a bridge to see them all listed, but oh well.
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Posted under Building, Snow.
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Posted: May 27th, 2007 by
Lisa
I worry that I will jinx it, but we may have actually gone a whole day with the pigs not getting out. Excuse me while I rejoice. We even went to town (for so much crap for the farm!), and everyone was in the right pen when we got back. Even Misty. Pigs are
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Posted under Bleeding Heart, Farm Life, Gardening, Horses, Llama, Newts, Rain, Sheep, Weeding, Wind, electronet.
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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.
Comments: 5
Posted: April 30th, 2007 by
Lisa
Kaytla, the ewe who had triplets, one still born, looks like she is developing mastitis. I noticed that one teat was twice the size of the other, and that both lambs were nursing on the other side. I asked on the ISBONA list to make sure I should intervene, and milked her out by hand
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Posted under Chicken Coop, Chickens, Ewes, Farm Life, Horse Housing, Horses, Lambs, Pasture, Rain, Reviews, Truck, mastitis, mega-catch.
Comments: 1