Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Mike CHS]

I had a couple of hours of treeline clearing at the outside of the main pasture so I set up about 250' of electric netting in a section of the soon to be cut hay field. They have gotten used to me moving the fence and have learned that means new grass so they were at the gate watching. They enjoyed their fresh greens the whole time I was working down there. I watched Maisy eyeing the 35" fence and I think I saw one of those caption things over her that said "I know I can clear that but I won't".

 

[Mike CHS]

We got a late start because we went to an auction this morning but didn't buy anything this time. I did get the rest of the treeline reclaimed that I have been wanting to get to ever since we bought our place.

Coming back into the driveway I thought about the view the first year and the difference between then and now and smile every time we come up the drive way. The Maple trees and one Crepe Myrtle were started from seed at our place in South Carolina. This is going on their 3rd year in the ground. They were literally twigs when we planted them and the deer got a half dozen. It won't be long now and we will be working hay.

 

[CntryBoy777]

It has changed quite a bit in that period of time too, I bet...since that very first time down the driveway. It is so nice, and your hard work sure does Show.....
It is nice to see the "Whole Picture" sometimes, so ya can see the overall progress that has been made in small pieces.

 

[goatgurl]

everything looks so good. yup, sit under the tree with a smile on your face, drink a cold glass of tea and then get up and get back to weed eating.

 

[Southern by choice]

So lovely! So happy for you and Teresa.

 

[Mike CHS]

We had thought that the King Snake that lived in our garden shed had moved out when we moved in full time since we haven't seen it. Teresa found it's shed skin this morning sticking out the shelf that holds all of our plant starting items so evidently it is still coming in and out.

 

[Mike CHS]

everything looks so good. yup, sit under the tree with a smile on your face, drink a cold glass of tea and then get up and get back to weed eating.

I was actually thinking that when I posted that.

 

[Mike CHS]

So lovely! So happy for you and Teresa.

Thank you so much. You have been more help than you may know but I think you do. Even Maisy is being more than we ever expected. Our fences are almost (but never completely) predator proof because originally it kept Maisy in but she has turned into the perfect LGD. She has bonded with even the wild sheep (they used to be) and the new ram is perfectly fine with her. They sit head to head many times during the day like they are trading strategies about how the ram can get to the ewes.

 

[CntryBoy777]

That's a pretty sizeable kingsnake skin ya got there. It is amazing how one that size can go unnoticed, but they don't get that size by beeing seen. I bet it would give ya quite a startle if it suddenly made itself known to ya while getting a tool or something from the shed....

 

[Mike CHS]

I don't know how long they live but we have occasionally been seeing it since we bought this place.

He has startled us more than a few times and to it's credit it doesn't react which has kept it alive.