Goats&moregoats: KickinUpDust Farm Journal

[goats&moregoats]

This is what I have done so far. More work this afternoon after church. I have to get most everything done this week as goats are coming home on the 20th. Pasture is overgrown like crazy so they will have plenty to browse on. Trying to give away the pallets I am taking down. Saving a few for use later on, but don't need many of them at all. Will try to post updated picture later tonight. Also going to attempt to relocate the fence charger and lighting rod.

 

[Bruce]

You do seem to have a plethora of pallets! You could build any number of coops or sheds or whatever with all those!

 

[CntryBoy777]

It seems things are moving right along and when ya get some animals around you'll progress even more....it sure helps some being familiar with the layout ya want and I'm sure it will all come together for ya....tho, time is getting short to accomplish a bunch before the cold hits ya up that way....

 

[goats&moregoats]

You do seem to have a plethora of pallets! You could build any number of coops or sheds or whatever with all those!

Saving a few for a coop and a buck shelter, both later on down the road..no big hurry for either. I have about 20 more in the field that I have to pick up...torn down earlier this year. I also have about 15 that will be taken down where I am installing electric.

 

[goats&moregoats]

It seems things are moving right along and when ya get some animals around you'll progress even more....it sure helps some being familiar with the layout ya want and I'm sure it will all come together for ya....tho, time is getting short to accomplish a bunch before the cold hits ya up that way....

Just have to clean out the barn...plenty warm enough for the winter. Kept the previous goats warm and dry. I just have to make sure fence is up and running. The other things can be done after the goats are here but would prefer to get it done before they arrive...as you well know goats are great helpers. Cold weather hasn't stopped me yet...but I know as I advance in "maturity" it certainly will slow me down.

 

[goats&moregoats]

This little girl will be joining her mom ,Darby and the three others on my little place on Sunday the 20th. Her name is Gizmo. To bad about the horns, but I have had a mixed herd before.


Three different projects going on at once now. Pool pump is installed but keeps kicking back off...will work on that more tomorrow. Started adjusting the North fence line. Again more on that tomorrow. Then I started mowing the yard....you guessed it..more tomorrow. It's either nothing to do or everything needs done at once. Mostly the latterOh well. it's good to have things to do again..I love being busy, keeps me out of trouble.

 

[CntryBoy777]

.....and sometimes there is so much to do, ya never know where to start..........yeh, I know just how helpful they try to be....

 

[Bruce]

To bad about the horns

How big will her horns get? She's pretty cute.

 

[goats&moregoats]

How big will her horns get? She's pretty cute.

She is a Nigerian so I don't believe they will be too bad. Past experience indicates not awfully large of long.

 

[goats&moregoats]

This women is exhausted! Working on several different things because during part of the day I was working on the pool and had to keep an eye on the water level. Pool is still not operating. Ricky has to come redo the wiring. He thinks he might of hooked it up backwards... I don't know nothing about wiring.

I got some weed eating done around the fence...not a lot. The weed eater is being a pain and my mower doesn't like the thick grass. So did what I could. Cut as much as the mower would handle on the new fence line. I also got the fence put up around the barn and have a very temporary gate in. Two weeks and I order a much nicer/more useful gate. Then I got just a start on the lawn mowing...not necessarily in the order it is written.

Doctor's appointment in the am. Good thing as my legs feel like rubber especially the left knee. My whole body is telling me I did way to much for a women of my "youth" I too should have thought of all this "farming stuff when I was in my 20's or hell even my 30's.

So now some relaxation with coffee and a good book.
Oh, almost forgot....The worker from VT CPS that does all the out of state cases finally callled. She e-mailed me all the paper work I need to fill out to start the background check and home visit that I need done before court(hopefully) in late September.