Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[frustratedearthmother]

Ohhhh,, that brings up a really good point. I have seen that in action. We had a goose that was born/hatched with defective legs and could never really get around very well. One day Maddie walked very casually, right in front of DH and I, and reached down, chomped that baby goose and kept on walking like nothing had ever happened.

Injured animals draw predators. LGD's know that and sometimes they take action.

for ya'll!

 

[Southern by choice]

few assumptions that aren't correct. Maisy was not a cheap Craigslist dog and the reason we went with her was that she was supposedly a successful LGD as a lone dog.

I was not referring to you, I know where you got Maisy because you posted about it. I was just referring to the mindset of so many and why so many dogs fail. Maisy was with her mom if I remember and the people sold their sheep , maisy was alone for a short time and had not been raised as a lone dog.

I've been trying to think back to when Maddie was a young 'un. She's over six now and for most of her life she was a lone LGD. It worked for us/her, but now I'm wondering if there was any one thing that made her successful. We probably just got lucky, but a couple things come to mind.... I had other dogs that Maddie had play time with. She would burn off a lot of energy playing with the other dogs. We had two Westies that would go to the pasture with me every morning and every evening on rat patrol. Maddie would always take a break and play with them. I remember one of the Westies would always grab her tail and Maddie would spin so fast that the Westie would be airborne! Just makes me wonder if Maisy would be more laid back with the lambs if she was just a little bit tired and had a chance to get some of her enthusiasm re-directed away from the lambs? Also, and this might sound silly, but summer is coming! A big ol' hairy dog (at least at my house) isn't nearly as exuberant when it's really hot outside.

Just throwing these things out there because they popped into my head.

I really hope things work out for ya'll. I think all your BYH friends are in your corner and rooting for Maisy to make it as a successful LGD!

This is 100% right FEM. But it must be done with care or the exact opposite can happen and the dogs don't want to be w livestock and want to be family dogs or part of that pack.

 

[Mike CHS]

The folks that got Maisy as a pup also got his brother Buddy both at 4 months old so they had some time with their working parents until then. Buddy had no desire to be an LGD so Maisy was by herself from then until we bought her at one year old.

But like I said, we could have and should have done things differently.

 

[Mike CHS]

Something on a lighter note. I'm attaching a couple of pictures of one of our cabbage and onion beds and the asparagus bed. We have been getting spears for almost 3 weeks and got our first batch just before our last late freeze.

The other picture is of our big garden bed. We put in a 75' row of potatoes yesterday. Actually Teresa did.

While mowing on the hillside today the mower found a nest of turkey eggs and broke half. The turkey won't come back to the nest now that all of the cover is gone so we are going to try to incubate the 4 that are left.

The reason I'm attaching a picture of part of the pasture is to show where our big garden is. Looking at the tree line behind the shop is where it is.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Good to see things coming along for y'all. Ya might wanna offer Teresa a back-rub after planting those Taters, I know I would surely need one...
Seeing the yolk, tells ya the eggs are fresh, hope they Hatch for ya too. I've never happened upon one, but they are out there, we have seen them foraging.

 

[Mike CHS]

Last year I posted about our favorite tasting tomato and someone asked for a source. I couldn't find the seed again then nor can I remember who it was that asked but if you recall the tomato variety was Brave General. I originally got it from Baker Creek but they no longer carry it.

I found another site that carries a tomato by the same name and I'm hoping it is actually the same tomato. The seed comes from Kazakhstan which Baker Creeks seed did also. The appearance and description they provide sounds exactly like those that we grew. They also had a whole page of tomato seeds from that part of the world that we have all found good.

I have never used this web site but after browsing it for a bit I will be again.

http://www.amishlandseeds.com/russian_tomatoes.htm

 

[CntryBoy777]

Thanks Mike, it was me and a few others.

 

[Mike CHS]

I thought so. I ordered several different seeds from them.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Your garden is HUGE! I did a garden that big once....just once...only once... Hope it does great for you!

 

[NH homesteader]

So beautiful. Did I ever mention I love your state?

Are you allowed to incubate wild turkey eggs? Fish and Game here would have my head. We aren't even legally allowed to order eastern wild turkeys from the hatchery and keep them here.

That is a big garden! I like lots of little gardens, raised beds. A big garden like that would give me a panic attack, it would end up full of weeds! Lol