On the farm...

Hi Everyone.  Sorry I haven't been around lately.  There has been much activity on the farm lately.  Putting up hay, tilling the garden, and I've managed to work on a few projects.  Last night after work I had to help my dad work on the rake, he sheared a bolt off out in the pasture and we had to do an in between fix just to get it back to the shop so it could be permanently repaired.

We have two more pastures to cut, rake and bale on this go round but we are to have rain tonight and tomorrow.  Normally we cut it all, then rake it all and then bale it all.  Dad decided this year to do it in sections which is turning out to be the smart way to go.  I guess he studied the weather forecast!  I promise that tomorrow I will have an update for you on my kitchen island.  It won't be done, but it's getting closer to being functional.  Have a great evening!  Thanks for stopping by.

Garden...

Hi Everyone!  I hope you all had a great weekend.  Now that the weather is finally turning nice here, my thoughts are turning to gardening.  I need to get going on getting the garden prepared and planted.  This stretch of ground was once part of a pasture but has been the garden area since I moved to the farm in 2004.  The first year, my dad and I put up an electric fence on the west side to keep the cattle out and then with my brother's help we fenced it in and ran a line of electric fence to make sure the cattle wouldn't jump the fence.  So far no cattle have made it into the garden.

I've been looking in my stash of pictures to see if I can find some pictures from years past, but so far no such luck.  So I'll make sure to take a few this year so you can see how big the garden really is.  Well, thanks for stopping by.