Coffee anyone ?

[Baymule]

Coffee is ready. I worked on a chicken tractor yesterday, then we went to Lowes in Tyler for particular 2" fittings that I was having a hard time finding and got 1" PVC for the top. A neighbor offered me some PVC pipe and I gladly accepted. There was enough 2" PVC well casing to make 2 chicken tractors, 5'x7'. So for my "free" pipe, I have spent and additional $170 in fittings and pipe for the top with a lift lid on half of it. I have the used tin for the top and already have rolls of hardware cloth for the sides. I'll come out with 2 nice chicken tractors for not a lot of money.

Supposed to be storming this afternoon, evening and tonight. Going to load 5 ram lambs and 1 ewe lamb to take to auction first thing in the morning. That will get them off the feed bill. Winter grass is about gone in their pastures, time to mow and dry lot them so the bermuda can grow.

 

[CLSranch]

Good Morning Bay and all others. Congrats on finishing the tractors. I looked at getting four 3" PVC 90's the other week. I know they cost more at the little farm store, but $14 a piece.?? Good thing you already had a lot of the materials.

 

[Mini Horses]

@Mini Horses do you reckon you'll ever get that boy raised? Maybe someday? Oh well, at least you can get some fence work out of him. Happy fencing!

It's a job!!! I got him raised but, the roads they take aren't always the right ones!

Today is fence day -- with or without him. GF says she'll have him here in about an HR and that was 2 hrs ago... Things are ready, had breakfast, chores done, errands done, finish this cuppa and I'm on it.

Crisp out there this morn. As I hit the truck wipers to clear dew, it was slush. But sun is bright now and I'm hearing mid 60s for today. Perfect for the job. Updates later.

 

[Jesusfreak101]

When you finish baymule i want pictures! Also since its so light how do you keep it from getting picked up by the wind??

Cleaning house today got very little done yesterday. Its raining today so yay i till tomorrow. We need lots of heavy down pours if the fields are going to recover. It looks like some the grass is brown and almost completely gone in our area. Only thing green in the fields are cactus and mesquits. Will be dragging dh to feed store early tomorrow for more hay and grain. So much to do so little time lol.

 

[Baymule]

Good Morning Bay and all others. Congrats on finishing the tractors. I looked at getting four 3" PVC 90's the other week. I know they cost more at the little farm store, but $14 a piece.?? Good thing you already had a lot of the materials.

Oh I haven’t finished them, just got started on one of them and hopefully got the rest of materials yesterday. We loaded lambs for auction in the morning and I picked 3 wash pans of greens. I’ll spend the next few hours washing greens, stripping the spine out and cooking them. Plan on a few bags for the freezer.

 

[Mini Horses]

Progress. 300' old fence down and some bad posts out. All rolled and out of field. New is rolled out and standing, tied at posts to just hold for tomorrow stretch and connect. Have 10 t-posts to pound in, a corner with supports to do first. So sore as haides but, worked hard, its to be expected.

Just me and the tractor....so pretty good days work!! Lot done. Hope I can move tomorrow. Took Aleve, hot shower, heading to bed. Gotta get up early. They say rains mid afternoon into sun morn. Goats will want their barn back.

 

[farmerjan]

Progress. 300' old fence down and some bad posts out. All rolled and out of field. New is rolled out and standing, tied at posts to just hold for tomorrow stretch and connect. Have 10 t-posts to pound in, a corner with supports to do first. So sore as haides but, worked hard, its to be expected.

Just me and the tractor....so pretty good days work!! Lot done. Hope I can move tomorrow. Took Aleve, hot shower, heading to bed. Gotta get up early. They say rains mid afternoon into sun morn. Goats will want their barn back.

Yeah, when in doubt, we count on ourselves ... just you and the tractor, just me and the truck.....

Great day's work for you. I can't wait now to get the knees done so I can move like a person again and not like a 99 yr old person....
Tried Aleve and it doesn't touch the knees anymore than any of the other "pain killers" ..... oh well....

 

[Alaskan]

Yeah, when in doubt, we count on ourselves ... just you and the tractor, just me and the truck.....

Great day's work for you. I can't wait now to get the knees done so I can move like a person again and not like a 99 yr old person....
Tried Aleve and it doesn't touch the knees anymore than any of the other "pain killers" ..... oh well....

That just sucks.

Have you tried occupational therapy?

I used to have debilitating arthritis, as in it woke me up at night with the pain and I was taking the max amount of alive, every single day.

I got some occupational therapy, and well... I still have arthritis, but the pain is usually ignorable and never wakes me up at night. Also, no more pain meds.

It was crazy, I was doing everything "wrong". So... how I held grocery bags, put dishes away... I did it all wrong.

Anyway, after getting retrained on how to do the stuff I do, but in a way that is easy on my joints... night and day

 

[Alaskan]

Progress. 300' old fence down and some bad posts out. All rolled and out of field. New is rolled out and standing, tied at posts to just hold for tomorrow stretch and connect. Have 10 t-posts to pound in, a corner with supports to do first. So sore as haides but, worked hard, its to be expected.

Just me and the tractor....so pretty good days work!! Lot done. Hope I can move tomorrow. Took Aleve, hot shower, heading to bed. Gotta get up early. They say rains mid afternoon into sun morn. Goats will want their barn back.

That boy has GOT to kick his girl to the curb and find himself a good one.

 

[Baymule]

@Mini Horses im proud for you in getting the fence down and rolling out the new fence. Hope you aren’t too stove up today and can get it stretched and finished. You need to save a post to whallop that grown man in the head. Be sure to tell him thanks for all the help. GRRRR........

Coffee is ready. We’ll go to auction today, this will be the last of sales until next lambing. Looking for registered ewes now. It stormed last night, I woke up enough to know it, but went back to sleep.