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rachels.haven
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Ah. Well, it was just a thought.
My neighbor up the hill is going to split the cost of a uhaul rental with me and she's getting some corral panels for her horses and I'm going bring in more cattle panels to try to put up a big buck pen complete with buck hut behind the yard fence before the ground freezes. Yard fence got postponed until Friday. I'd like to start when they are finished, but I may start pounding before then.
Spoke with a different neighbor today-not the dog one. They warned me about rabies in the area (yay, adding that fun story to the one with the up the hill neighbor who got lyme). They've gotten treated due to a rabid bat incident. Price was more painful than the shots they said. Told me that our area was supposed to be where the high school was going to be built, but the salamander protectors/conservation commission put a stop to that. Our lands all used to be a farmhouse, which they bought run down and are slowly fixing, orchards, and farmland. Now the apple trees are ancient and dying and properties overgrown and wasted. They love the goat noise. I don't think they can hear the roosters or dogs. Said where my fence line plan looked good to them, but warned me that the random rock piles are bigger than they look, so it would pay to avoid them. The corner of my property near them used to be an ancient card road, and if you look you can still see the wagon ruts. They also said they'd take any rocks I cared to move over the property line to their yard. Also said our pond is shrinking and drying up more every year. Maybe the salamander police will ease up if the pond goes. The neighbors seem nice. It was nice to meet them.
This evening the coyotes were rallying. It sounded like children shrieking, and tunelessly singing, and screaming from everywhere in the woods. Really eerie. My kids were kept inside. All the goats were unusually quiet and hiding and Bailey was on guard. I left all the outside barn and side garage lights on so the whole world around the barn is lit up. So far all is well. I'm listening.
My neighbor up the hill is going to split the cost of a uhaul rental with me and she's getting some corral panels for her horses and I'm going bring in more cattle panels to try to put up a big buck pen complete with buck hut behind the yard fence before the ground freezes. Yard fence got postponed until Friday. I'd like to start when they are finished, but I may start pounding before then.
Spoke with a different neighbor today-not the dog one. They warned me about rabies in the area (yay, adding that fun story to the one with the up the hill neighbor who got lyme). They've gotten treated due to a rabid bat incident. Price was more painful than the shots they said. Told me that our area was supposed to be where the high school was going to be built, but the salamander protectors/conservation commission put a stop to that. Our lands all used to be a farmhouse, which they bought run down and are slowly fixing, orchards, and farmland. Now the apple trees are ancient and dying and properties overgrown and wasted. They love the goat noise. I don't think they can hear the roosters or dogs. Said where my fence line plan looked good to them, but warned me that the random rock piles are bigger than they look, so it would pay to avoid them. The corner of my property near them used to be an ancient card road, and if you look you can still see the wagon ruts. They also said they'd take any rocks I cared to move over the property line to their yard. Also said our pond is shrinking and drying up more every year. Maybe the salamander police will ease up if the pond goes. The neighbors seem nice. It was nice to meet them.
This evening the coyotes were rallying. It sounded like children shrieking, and tunelessly singing, and screaming from everywhere in the woods. Really eerie. My kids were kept inside. All the goats were unusually quiet and hiding and Bailey was on guard. I left all the outside barn and side garage lights on so the whole world around the barn is lit up. So far all is well. I'm listening.
