No pictures to go with this posting of the hard working gal at the Funny Farm - for the past three days I have been a busy bee. I have moved and stacked 3 ton of hay in the barns, set up the birthing pens, moved all feeding equipemnt inside, moved and stacked wood in the forest for the campground, raked up bag fulls of scrub oak leaves to bed the chickens in - they just roll in the leaves like they are on vacation on a sunny beach, built three compost bins and then filled them with old straw, llama poop and chicken coop cleanup, scrubed all the feed and water equipment, cleaned out the tool shed and reorganized it, dig up about 3 ton of rock for the flower beds and redesign the grave of "Jaws" one of our Great Pry's who passed eight years ago. Then I finished replacing the signs in all the pastures and the last of the fencing. Meanwhile, I dyed about 100 poounds of yarn and now they wait for me to sit and place their labels on. Now that is what I call a fun time!!
Now this is nothing new for us country gals and I would not trade it for the world. Anytime I am working outside it is a great day but if I do not get up and moving the next morning by mid-day I am stiff as a board. Soon the snow will be here and I will be enjoying the fact that everyone is snug as a bug and life will be in the routine of snow drifts and births. Oh, I forgot to say I have constructed a new addition to the birthing barn, a pen for the little one's who might need special care, weather permitting. That does not mean that if the need presents itself I would not have a little one back in the house but I am planning for any situtation. Today I am reorganizing the food pantries, making my lists and counting the candles, batteries, and extra propane canisters for emergencies. I already rearranged the freezers and updated the lists so food does not go to the back. Just another week here at the farm. Would love to here what you do to get ready?
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It is does get near as cold here, but my goats think it does, I am also working with the fencing laying out better ways of handling the nubians, the 3 nigerians and the 2 geese and one horse plus the load of chickens so that everyone gets there feed and certain animals don't run others off to hog it all, I have started buying haying and storing it is very expensive, I am trying to find someone who delivers round bales of goat/horse quality hay most of what they will deliver is for cattle, my girls look at it and walk away. I just finished knitting my second spiral hat and love making them.
Hi, sorry this is off-topic, but I just wanted to say that I found your yarn on Etsy and it is gorgeous! I'll be definitely buying some for my baby blankets!
I live in a small city in an apartment, so my winter preparations just include shrink-wrapping the windows. This is the first year I'm doing that, and it's not going very well...
Lois good luck on finding hay - I am in the same spot. It is so expensive here it might as well be made of gold. I would love to see the hat, sound wonderful. Keep those needles busy. Stay warm.
Hi Scifichick
Sorry for the delay in responding - I know what you mean about the window wrapping - I still have some to go but if it is too cold the tape does not want to stick. I would love to see some of you blankets - I will go to your sites - I am sure they are incredible... Keep those finers busy - it is a great way to stay warm. Happy New Year to you and yours.
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