Not done :/
I forgot how hard it was to pound T-posts in the hot sun in the dry season. At one point in the field, it was all rock. We were able to pound between rocks or break rocks.
And all I'll say is: I wish they had Frontline for People 0:)
Anyway, all the posts and insulators are up. We did about 80 posts on Saturday (got help from Geoff and his son-in-law), and dragged through the next 20 (only Geoff and me on Sunday). It was funny because my arms felt like pudding and it took three times as long (not exaggerating) to pound those posts on Sunday, even though I did a lot less work. Even milking the cow was painful :P But at least the hard part is done. All that's left is to run the hot wire, which I'll do tomorrow. I was hoping all this would have been finished by Sunday, but we really did accomplish a lot. So I'll try to finish it tommorrow or by the latest Wednesday. Classes start next Wednesday, and I want to try to tweak the fencing and make sure my goats stay in and my neighbor's nasty ass dogs stay out.
There is a broody hen setting on eggs in my milkshed, right below the hay rack. I didn't realize how stubborn broody hens are until I went out on Friday morning and found a small skunk snuggling next to her. Can you imagine how stubborn a broody hen can be to not even move off those eggs for a skunk?? But she was still there on Saturday when I went out there and found a big snake slithering down the wall of my milk shed. I don't know what it was, I only know it wasn't a rattlesnake. Thanks to Geoff who removed it. The hen is still there...
Someone is interested in one of my does. She's coming by tomorrow afternoon....maybe she'll take a buck too, she seemed interested in that ^.^ I really don't want to sell a doe, but if that's what it takes to sell a buck then so be it.
And all I'll say is: I wish they had Frontline for People 0:)
Anyway, all the posts and insulators are up. We did about 80 posts on Saturday (got help from Geoff and his son-in-law), and dragged through the next 20 (only Geoff and me on Sunday). It was funny because my arms felt like pudding and it took three times as long (not exaggerating) to pound those posts on Sunday, even though I did a lot less work. Even milking the cow was painful :P But at least the hard part is done. All that's left is to run the hot wire, which I'll do tomorrow. I was hoping all this would have been finished by Sunday, but we really did accomplish a lot. So I'll try to finish it tommorrow or by the latest Wednesday. Classes start next Wednesday, and I want to try to tweak the fencing and make sure my goats stay in and my neighbor's nasty ass dogs stay out.
There is a broody hen setting on eggs in my milkshed, right below the hay rack. I didn't realize how stubborn broody hens are until I went out on Friday morning and found a small skunk snuggling next to her. Can you imagine how stubborn a broody hen can be to not even move off those eggs for a skunk?? But she was still there on Saturday when I went out there and found a big snake slithering down the wall of my milk shed. I don't know what it was, I only know it wasn't a rattlesnake. Thanks to Geoff who removed it. The hen is still there...
Someone is interested in one of my does. She's coming by tomorrow afternoon....maybe she'll take a buck too, she seemed interested in that ^.^ I really don't want to sell a doe, but if that's what it takes to sell a buck then so be it.
