greybeard
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And people ask me why I don't want any trees anywhere close to my house.........
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Dang Bay... close call there! Sorry for the damage but glad it wasn't worse! Saw quite a few trees/limbs down today going to/from DV's place. It was a pretty good sized bow echo when it passed over you folks. I heard straight line winds in excess of 60-70MPH. Didn't get quite that bad here...
Mini Horses
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An entire day off Mini? I thought you were retired?What do you have a day off from? Whatever the case, sure hope you enjoy and get your hands plenty dirty!
Yeah, retired about 10 years ago. Been working 2 PT jobs ever since. Some months too busy, others not so much -- a lot of seasonal type things. Work a lot of resets of product in stores. Last week I removed & replaced over 2500 bottles of 2Ltr soft drinks in 4 stores! I like to say "free gym" workout. Oh, plus reset the shelving they were on. Laundry detergent aisles this week. Spring is reset time! Weekends I do food samplings....whole different ballgame. Plus free foods. Also, I like the paycheck each Friday. Soon the tractor will be pd and some other things bought, then I will consider being a homebody. Truthfully, it's not as much fun to be home "alone". This gives me an outlet with people. 2019 I will either give up one job or work fewer hrs.
I'm working toward some additional "farm" income. Once they can pay for their own winter feed, I will probably stay home. Almost there. Next year I will have 5 young does to milk train & offer for sale. I have both registered & unregistered stock. Saanen & Nubian. Trained, in milk does do sell well. Also decent sales at a monthly goat/sheep auction, esp young bucks! for butcher. I have a lot of pasture.
Found a local with a herd of nice Saanens!
Sent an email just a few min ago because she has some bucklings on CL at a price of $75. Disbudded & tattooed, 4-6 months old, CAN BE registered. Tested and all that. Just NOT a big market for dairy bucks in this area. Many small farms with a milking doe or two but, pay for breedings to avoid keeping a buck. (A service which I may consider offering in Fall) Need a cross for some dtrs of my buck that are 50/50 nub/saanen. Love the milk & quantity of Saanen & they have a lovely personality! Lot of all white goats can be a downer...
..crossed with the black Nub buck, I do get some color & spots. It's all good! I'm still having fun most days. Today it was sunny, 79 and actually HOT!! What a nice change. Garden till next week. Cleaned big coop today and plenty of fertilizer!!- Thread starter
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Ahhh... nice Mini. I retired from the military almost 18 years ago 
Damn... I could have raised a whole second family by now... Fully retired in 2015, so not that long ago. Much as I could use the added income, I am not in the least interested in punching a time clock for anyone else. I've become rather disconnected from society as a whole and more or less anti social and unwilling to put up with a lot of the BS out there.
Glad to hear the farm is almost self sufficient. I think Saanens are pretty goats, even if they are mono color.
You're talking about it being 79 degrees there... I think roles got reversed somehow. OK, so I'm OK with a cold front passing through and all that, and cooler weather is much appreciated in the summer months, but it's 37 degrees out there right now, and the wind is blowing for a "feels like" freezing. I need some in between weather for a while so I don't have to run the heater or the AC.
So I have confirmed that poison ivy/oak season has commenced. Hate the stuff. 
Damn... I could have raised a whole second family by now... Fully retired in 2015, so not that long ago. Much as I could use the added income, I am not in the least interested in punching a time clock for anyone else. I've become rather disconnected from society as a whole and more or less anti social and unwilling to put up with a lot of the BS out there.Glad to hear the farm is almost self sufficient. I think Saanens are pretty goats, even if they are mono color.
You're talking about it being 79 degrees there... I think roles got reversed somehow. OK, so I'm OK with a cold front passing through and all that, and cooler weather is much appreciated in the summer months, but it's 37 degrees out there right now, and the wind is blowing for a "feels like" freezing. I need some in between weather for a while so I don't have to run the heater or the AC.
So I have confirmed that poison ivy/oak season has commenced.
Hate the stuff. 
Bruce
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That will learn ya! Next time you'll clip. Burning hair isn't the most pleasant odor out there.
Baymule
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DH is outside with Russel and his boy. Russel went home and got his cab John Deere to pick up limbs on those forks and haul to burn pile. I am inside with grand babies. The little one is taking a nap.
I fed them lunch, pork ribs and deviled eggs. Now have lamb ribs in oven . Ribs were taking up a lot of space in the freezer.
Russell is going to lift up on the trunk that is on the carport and push it off with the tractor.
I fed them lunch, pork ribs and deviled eggs. Now have lamb ribs in oven . Ribs were taking up a lot of space in the freezer.
Russell is going to lift up on the trunk that is on the carport and push it off with the tractor.
Bruce
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So apparently not too much damage to the car port roof?
Oh, so sad, you have to eat lamb ribs
Baymule
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Just a little crunch, not too bad.
Mike CHS
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I'm surprised but glad you had so little damage. It's those things like that that caused us to get insurance on all of our equipment. It only added $110 a year when we added the Ranger to the policy.
greybeard
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Looks like a junky ol sweet gum tree..best thing they can do is commit suicide.
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