Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Mike CHS]

The yearlings head was a whole lot harder than my teeth. I don't always do the right thing with the sheep but they usually overcome my shortcomings and make it right.

 

[Mike CHS]

I wear shorts pretty when I'm outside almost but not quite year-round. Most of the time, I would put on trousers when I am running the weed eater but often wouldn't go to the trouble so my shins take a beating. I ordered some chaps (called Brush Gaiters) that you can use with shorts awhile back and I have mentally kicked myself several times now for not getting those things years ago.

 

[SageHill]

I wear shorts pretty when I'm outside almost but not quite year-round. Most of the time, I would put on trousers when I am running the weed eater but often wouldn't go to the trouble so my shins take a beating. I ordered some chaps (called Brush Gaiters) that you can use with shorts awhile back and I have mentally kicked myself several times now for not getting those things years ago.

I've got snake gaiters that I wear - though definitely in case of noisy slitheries - but they sure do a great job of keeping the foxtails and other nasty weed seeds out of my jeans.

 

[Baymule]

I never wear shorts on the farm, it’s blue jeans and boots. There is too many things that are unfriendly to bare skin and exposed ankles. Walk out in a field in tennis shoes and get 10,000 chiggers/redbugs up my legs. No thank you!

 

[farmerjan]

I'm a long pants person on the farm too... and wear sneakers/tennis shoes alot due to ankle making it difficult to get on any boots much higher than ankle height unless they have a zipper to accommodate the foot not straightening out enough to slide into them... but wear ankle/low calf, height boots in winter and muddy conditions...
Taking a garlic supplement will help to make skin less attractive to "skeeters" and stuff... but I also worry about snakes on occasion... we do see copperheads and an occasional rattle snake here, though rare....plus working around equipment, and cattle... makes more utilitarian footwear necessary.

 

[SageHill]

Jeans and knee high boots (or above ankle steel toed from Walmart) here - and snake gaiters as needed. Not so much bugs, but nasty ouchie weeds and of course slitheries.

 

[peteyfoozer]

Jeans and knee high boots (or above ankle steel toed from Walmart) here - and snake gaiters as needed. Not so much bugs, but nasty ouchie weeds and of course slitheries.

You need snake gaiters in S CA? We had lots of diamond backs and mojave greens (some) and a few timber rattlers in Tehachapi…lots of rattlers here as well… trying to imagine where you are walking wearing those . I would buy a couple long sets to put in my horse and my feet would never hit the ground!!

 

[SageHill]

You need snake gaiters in S CA?

Oh yeah - most definitely. I think our "permanent snake relocation" program has 8 or so already this year. All have been the southern pacific rattlesnake. Though we did have one mojave green at the old place about 35yrs ago - 42inches of it too.

 

[Mike CHS]

We sold five ewe lambs this afternoon. They were all 9-11 weeks old and needed to be taken off of their Moms anyway so they can get back in condition.

 

[farmerjan]

Assuming they went for future breeding?