Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Mike CHS]

About half way through getting the wood off of the fence we heard some cracking and another of the big forks in the tree let go and came down. Since we had the fence clear we decided to not try and fight with the wind anymore today.

 

[Rammy]

Probably a good thing. Certainly not something worth getting hurt over!

 

[B&B Happy goats]

Are you going to remove the whole tree ? We had water oaks, and topped several and cut some down, sure can causes alot of damage with falling branches.

 

[Mike CHS]

I'm going to take it all down but it's tall enough to hit the fence in two directions so we're going to have to work it a bit at a time.

 

[B&B Happy goats]

Can't say I blame you, as much as i don't like taking trees down. Sometimes they just got to go....ones i know we can do are ok...it' the ones I have to pay to have taken down that make me crazy...

 

[CntryBoy777]

I had Gabbie out this afternoon and she was hanging around under one of the huge oaks here.....seabreeze was kicking 15mph....and the limbs 50-75' swaying above us had me a little uneasy.....I told her to come go over here to play with the stick....

 

[Mike CHS]

We had gusts up to 45 mph for most of the day and steady at 15-20.

 

[Mike CHS]

I was cleaning up the stall since I left it open last night for the sheep to use if they wanted out of the wind and when I left the shop I looked over to the porch area and there was a racoon sitting there. At least this one I was able to dispatch before it got any chickens. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be full grown so there is probably more of them around so I'll start setting the trap out again.

 

[Mike CHS]

We had been looking at getting our CWPs for Tennessee since our South Carolina permits are no good anymore. You can legally carry a weapon in your vehicle in the state but of course that doesn't do any good once you cross the state line. We found out today that our country Sheriff's Department provides the CWP course and range for the low fee of $50 which goes to an abused children's fund. The classroom portion is held Friday night and the range time happens starting on Saturday morning.

 

[CntryBoy777]

My brother in Tn has one and he mentioned to me that it was honored by 20 something other states....so, transporting wouldn't be an issue as long as the state accepts it.....