Coffee anyone ?

[Baymule]

Thanks for the coffee, on my second cup. Then need to get chores done and get busy. On today's agenda is to clean out the horse barn, that pile where they like to stand in the alley and donate poop. Then dump it on the pipeline in a few sandy places. Put the disc on the tractor and disc it all up. It's a strip about 1,000 feet long by about 60-70 feet wide, the site of my future pasture. I've tried to plant it before, but its the worst dirt on this place. So after 2 years of feeding the horses their hay, moving the bale each time, there is hopefully, enough humus to help the grass grow. I really hope that I am not dragging a water hose up and down the pipeline all summer. Make that water HOSES, one will barely reach the pipeline from the horse barn. Got to pitchfork the unrotted hay from the last two bales into some sort of swale to slow down the rain water racing down hill too. Busy day today.

 

[messybun]

I need to build a new goat shelter. We’ve always used pallet boxes and such but after building a full sized chicken coop I now want a goat shelter I can stand up in lol. With my scraps I should be able to cut cost, but dang you’re right about wood prices! I almost had a panic attack, or should I say panelic attack? In all seriousness, this is just insane!

 

[Jesusfreak101]

Okay so far one cranky boy might drove me crazy today. We all caught a cold and are on the mend but lets just say noses are now runninh instead of being stopped up and certian children are freaking out.... decided to try over night french toast thought it was done but need more time so back in the oven it went. Dh tried to wake me up at five but i kept refusing i should have gotten up but after waking up with the kids multiple times and not even getting to bed at midnight my pregnant self said no. Got the goats moved around to how i want them yesterday. So yay. Need to clean house after several days of having six people in the house sick the house is a wreck. Also need to take two female geese to my friend. Then mostly need to clean out animal house and yard. This weekend should be able to finish the new coop and once thats done i be planting the garden.

 

[Jesusfreak101]

I know what you mean on wood prices. We spent 800 dollars between the kids playground and my new coop and still need to buy more wood for both. Along with some fencing. Around here the chick prices are insane i whether buy an incubator cabnient. For just a single chick they want 4.75 i wanted chicks but i wait. I might get a few broody hens and might buy a small incubator.

 

[CLSranch]

Good morning all thanks for the coffee. Sounds like ya'll have some busy days already planned out.

We did make it over to the state park yesterday for a "short" 2 hour ride. my youngest thinks 2 hours is too long... but oh well. Horses got a good work out, it was good for all. A good first trail ride for the year and we were in tshirts!

I should've done a lot more of those the last month or 2. It hurts to walk every time I start to move again.

when we were kids we convinced our Mom to buy us ski poles one year at good will, then we "skied" on our sleds. Good times

I'm talking about cheap thrills. hmm hmm cheap.... thrills

 

[Alaskan]

I need to build a new goat shelter. We’ve always used pallet boxes and such but after building a full sized chicken coop I now want a goat shelter I can stand up in lol. With my scraps I should be able to cut cost, but dang you’re right about wood prices! I almost had a panic attack, or should I say panelic attack? In all seriousness, this is just insane!

Are you allowed to scrounge the construction trash at your local dump? I have found 8x4 sheets of plywood and nice 8 foot long boards at the dump, full of quality screws.

Also, the free pages on your local Facebook and Craigslist are great.

 

[farmerjan]

Nearly all the "dumps" etc do not allow scrounging... has to do with injuries, nails through feet, LAW SUITS.... all that getting hurt stuff. I get it but it is a waste for stuff to get thrown out. I do check out the dumpsters that are placed around different sites regularly for dumped stuff....

BEAUTIFUL Day here.... mostly sunny, 70's.... It was 38 at 3:30 when I went to work, but warmed up as soon as the sun came up. Tomorrow mostly the same.... Hope everyone is getting weather they like.

 

[Alaskan]

Up here there are jokes about the dump being the local Walmart.

Construction trash is dumped in its own place... no scrounging in household trash so identities aren't stollen... but Construction trash is fair game.

We also have a household scrounging area... where people can put stuff like half busted vacuums, bookcases, etc. For others to scrounge.

 

[Bruce]

If a vacuum is half busted does that mean it sort of sucks?

 

[farmerjan]