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Hunny was out in my girls (milk cows) pasture digging out old hay with the excavator when I got a call saying he was stuck. I go for my little tractor and he's yelling at me that he already got his big boy hooked up. It was on the corner pasture which meant it was an odd angle. Just didn't budge so went outside the front gate and got on the county
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right a way. Rocked it back and forth and finally got it unstuck and thank goodness hunny let me use his tractor cause my little one would not have gotten the hob done this go around!
 
Picked green beans, onions, & a couple small zucchini this morn. I had 7 growing on one plant so thought they would make a good breakfast sauteed up with bacon, onion, & garlic. The other will be part of dinner fried. How how I love fresh zucchini. I took the sweet peas out of the freezer that I had blanched to vacuum seal and after blanching all my green beans threw those on cookie sheets to freeze before bagging those too. I only pulled three onions but will go ahead and lay those out to harden off. When I pick the majority of them, after hardening, I'll end up braiding the tops to hang off the shelves in the stockroom. It just feels like a clean house for the rest of the day since I will need to go back into the real working world tomorrow.
 
Arcticdude said:
Got started on repairing the fence today. From what I saw today it's in better shape then I expected after this winter. Got about a half mile done. Last spring it took a week to get this far. At this rate I should have it all done in a couple of weeks. I'm also starting to take out all of the old cross fencing. I figure there's about 5 miles of old fence to remove.
The wind came up today and started blowing the roof off the pump house. I hate roofing but I guess I'll work that tomorrow.
After several days of digging around the tractor I hooked the winch to it and got it to move a few inches. I guess I have to admit that it's seriously stuck.
The architect says he'll have a working set of house prints done next week. We're still a month away from being able to build, but at least I can get a bid. I'm starting to look for some weaner pigs now and will get some cattle up here around mid May.
The trees are starting to bud out, wildflowers are popping up everywhere and the grass is turning green. And I finally found the bottle of Scotch the dog hid. It was a great day after all.
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LOL, I told you it would be a nice surpise.
 
got my ghille net made for that hat of mine,can be put on a helmet also,looks kinda ugly,but think it will do its business ;)
will post pics once I take some..
 
It's rained all day today, so I've been a bum for two,days in a row now. I guess I must have needed some rest. One good thing about prepping though, by working hard most of the time, an occasional day or two off isn't a big deal.
 
welcome over here,we have had snow,rain ,sleet and about +4C, spring time in Finland ;)
 
Brent S said:
It's rained all day today, so I've been a bum for two,days in a row now. I guess I must have needed some rest. One good thing about prepping though, by working hard most of the time, an occasional day or two off isn't a big deal.
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I tried taking the day off and being a bum too but couldn't do it. I ended up digging some post holes for the new corral. Since my tractor is still on vacation I had to dig them by hand. Only have about another 20 to go.
 
Arcticdude said:
I tried taking the day off and being a bum too but couldn't do it. I ended up digging some post holes for the new corral. Since my tractor is still on vacation I had to dig them by hand. Only have about another 20 to go.
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I bet digging in frozen ground is about as much fun as Georgia clay. I bought a Kobalt post hole digger from Lowes. They are guaranteed for life. I'm on my third one now, and it's looking pretty beat up. I like to get my money's worth.
 
Brent S said:
I bet digging in frozen ground is about as much fun as Georgia clay. I bought a Kobalt post hole digger from Lowes. They are guaranteed for life. I'm on my third one now, and it's looking pretty beat up. I like to get my money's worth.
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Fortunately the frost is out of the ground now and that's letting the water soak in. The area where I'm building the corral has good deep soil with no rocks and no clay. Can't say that about the rest of the ranch. Some areas I have to build rock cribs in place of posts. Last year I put in over 400 fence posts, and all but about 75 was done by hand. This week I'm going to get some equipment and get my tractor out. I think the ground has firmed up enough.
 
Maverick said:
Picked up another grain mill (hand crank)

Added another 80lbs ea of hard white wheat, hard red wheat, soft wheat. 40lbs of oats to the pantry. Some more #10 cans on the way of butter (powder) and whole eggs (powder)
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Mav, what brand of grain mill did you get? We've been wanting to get one too. Have you tried growing and separating your own wheat?
 
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