CntryBoy777 - The Lazy A** Acres Adventures

[Bruce]

We made it to 17°

Wow you sure are having a Lion start to March down there. Well tomorrow is the 16th, past half way, time for the lamb to show up to take us to April.

 

[CntryBoy777]

The pattern that is setting up, seems to be more of April than March....especially, if this is the last cold spell for the season....tho, I expect there'll be at least 1 more.

 

[Mike CHS]

We aren't that far north of you but we never got above 34. I had to go out with some more hot water around 10:00 because their water was froze again. When is Spring again?

 

[CntryBoy777]

They are saying here that the low tomorrow nite is 46°. The big difference between here and there is elevation, that makes a big difference in this time of year. Your hills are rock and ours are bigger piles of clay.

 

[Mike CHS]

We are still getting used to the elevation. We were at sea level in South Carolina and 1500' here. Most mornings we can see the clouds in the lower pasture.

 

[CntryBoy777]

We are at 289', so a huge difference.

 

[NH homesteader]

According to Google I'm around 950. I've never actually looked that up before. Same elevation as the area in TN I'm looking at. If Google is to be trusted...

 

[CntryBoy777]

The lower ya are the more humidity that has to be endured, because humid air is heavy and settles. The higher the elevation the thinner the air and it is cooled much faster.

 

[NH homesteader]

Elevation is my friend! I hate humidity!

 

[Devonviolet]

We have only been at this for 2yrs now, and have come a long way for us....but, have so much further to go. We are retired and not the greatest of health, but it gives us something t

we have only been in our place 2 years as well. I am retired but my other half still works so it takes a bit. Here is a little tour of our place. Still a work in progress

We also moved here 2 years ago.

It seems a lot of us got started around the same time. As for us, we too are retired and bought our 5 acres (mostly wooded/overgrown lot) the end of Oct. of 2014. Multiple hold ups by the bank, delayed our moving in until early January of 2015. We started with a very small cobbled together coop with 1 RIR (Rhode Island Red) hen, 1 RIR NASTY rooster and a turkey hen left by the previous owners.

We have progressed to 6 goats (2 does expecting kids soon) 2 awesome LGDs, and a menagerie of chickens, ducks & our pet turkey (Edith - so named by DD, so we wouldn't butcher her ).

The coop, left by the previous owner is gone and we have an 8x8x8' coop, two smaller coops and 3 8x16x7' chicken runs, topped with welded wire fencing, to keep Hawks & owls out.

Our little farm is a work in progress . . . We still need fencing to allow our dogs & goats back into the woods, and are trying to get a barn built in time for the new kid's arrivals. It's a lot of work, but I think it is helping to keep us mobile longer. Although some nights we sit in our recliners moaning & groaning, from sore muscles & joints. Growing old sure isn't for sissy! That's for sure!