Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Mike CHS]

It's kind of like with people. You make an experience pleasant and they don't mind doing it again.

 

[Mike CHS]

All of the ewe lambs that were on the dry lot are especially tame. They are all paired up with their dams again but still come to me for petting.

 

[Mike CHS]

Our drought is definitely over (at least temporarily). It has bee thundering and heavy rain all evening and that is after a little over 2" today. There was a break of about three hours today that I managed to get most of the grass cut that needed cutting. It was funny because I went around yesterday on our place and the neighbors to see what needed cutting and there was very little. The growth just went into hyper growth after all of the rain.

I have the sheep in an area where there is very little shelter since they need the rain to clean up their coats.

 

[Baymule]

Glad you got some rain. We have been getting some rain, it sure has cooled off the heat!

 

[CntryBoy777]

We got right at an inch over nite and early morning....and there is a big difference in falling rainwater and groundwater, in the growth of plants.....course, that water is Enriched with the "sheep tea".....over there..........I remember an elderly lady that worked in the school office....back in the 6th grade....and she would get on the intercom and announce that we were on a "Rainy Day Schedule".....I hear her voice quite often, in my head...on these kinds of days......

 

[Mike CHS]

We got an inch and a half yesterday and another inch last night.

I was sitting here having a cup of coffee and something starting bothering me. I couldn't put my finger on it but then it hit me. I have a routine that no matter how sure I am that a gate got latched, I will literally put a hand on the chain before leaving that spot. As I sat here, I couldn't remember touching the chain on the gate after I fed the cows and Max. Sure enough, I went out to check and the chain was not attached. That gate will stay closed as long as nothing touches it but a good wind would open it.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Isn't it funny, and cool, the way the subconscious mind works? I can't tell you how many times I've woken up in the middle of the night because I suddenly "remembered" that I'd left a faucet open and water running...

 

[Mike CHS]

@Senile_Texas_Aggie inspired me to reclaim some treeline on our long perimeter fence. It wasn't as bad as his since I make it a point to clean it up once a summer. It's right at 1000' and I won't get it done today since I can see more rain showers on the horizon but I got about 2/3 of it done and the brush hauled to the burn area.

 

[Senile_Texas_Aggie]

I hope you got before and after pictures! Getting ~660 feet of fence in 1 day is quite an accomplishment. Right now, we are working on the small drainage ditch that runs between the east pasture and the northern one of the 3 south pastures. We are lucky to get 30 feet in a day.

 

[Mike CHS]

I don't have the multiple years of growth that you have. I got that beat back the first year we had our place.