Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Mike CHS]

Our cat Puddy, has become a house cat but she spends enough time outside to leave enough dead mice under the Ranger to let us know she is doing her job. There is a feral cat living in the hay shed for the last few weeks that we make a point of not seeing it but we leave food out. It is getting more tolerant when we see it but we don't know the sex yet. If it sticks around I'll put the trap out and make sure it gets fixed.

 

[Baymule]

The faucet we took out was fairly high end but we figured if we got a Delta, it would make it easier to get parts since the internals are pretty much the same in each of their lines.

I used to let Ringo out of the paddocks so he could graze in the yard so he likes the freedom.

He gets to graze the front pasture, but it is grazed down. We've had no rain to speak of, just a drizzle here or there. I'm happy to get this rain. The yard is grazed down, Ringo's pasture is grazed down. I just turned the ewes out on the side pasture for a short time each day. Now maybe with this rain, the grass will get to growing.

 

[Ridgetop]

Thank you all for the kind words of welcome. We will be visiting DH's sister and bro-In-law some time or other (possibly this spring) but will not move close to them. Vermont is way too cold for me, and Idaho too. We liked what we saw of Utah but again too cold! If we ever get all the way to the north east, I promise to im you, Bruce. We are coming back to Texas this summer to look around again. We would also like to continue further east and visit Tennessee, Kentucky, Louisiana, etc. too. So many beautiful states in our great country. I grieve for California which is also beautiful but broken by her politicians.

I would love to go to the Katahdin National (livestock shows are my favorite things) but any old livestock show will do. When and where are the Katahdin shows you usually attend taking place?

When do you start lambing?

 

[thistlebloom]

Thank you all for the kind words of welcome. We will be visiting DH's sister and bro-In-law some time or other (possibly this spring) but will not move close to them. Vermont is way too cold for me, and Idaho too. We liked what we saw of Utah but again too cold! If we ever get all the way to the north east, I promise to im you, Bruce. We are coming back to Texas this summer to look around again. We would also like to continue further east and visit Tennessee, Kentucky, Louisiana, etc. too. So many beautiful states in our great country. I grieve for California which is also beautiful but broken by her politicians.

I would love to go to the Katahdin National (livestock shows are my favorite things) but any old livestock show will do. When and where are the Katahdin shows you usually attend taking place?

When do you start lambing?

California is a beautiful state. I would never move back though, even if we could actually afford to purchase a home there now.
Took me 40 years to escape, but we loved backpacking in the Sierras, and being close enough to the beach to take the kids regularly. It's sad to me how it has gone so far to the left.
I hope you find your perfect place to relocate.
Idaho has a lot going for it, (no humidity for one) but I won't make a sales pitch, some things should be left secret, lol.

 

[Ridgetop]

Every day is one day closer to our move. LOL

 

[farmerjan]

Even though I have lived here for over 35 years, do not move to Va. It is leaning way to far in the same direction as California. Tenn has some really good politics, good gov, good gun laws, pretty good climate. Alot like here but maybe a bit less winter and a bit more humidity. I really would like to look at the Smokey Mountain area. I fell in love with the area years ago when I went down there on a vacation with a friend from up north. North Carolina is nice in the western part in the mountains too. Less humidity in the mountains than in the flatter areas.
I don't have any experience with the soils for growing. We get 4 seasons, but they have been wacky the last few years. If you don't want much winter then further south would be better. I know that Ga and La and Ms all get pretty warm in the summer and alot more humidity. We used to get a decent "cold spell" for winter with snow and all, but the past few years have not seen much. We do still get some cold, but it doesn't last like up north. It is pretty along the coast and @Mini Horses has a more mild climate than we do here on the western part of the state. @Mike CHS is in Tn as well as several others. @Goat Whisperer and @Southern by choice are in NC I think. As well as @OneFineAcre although they don't post as much as they did when I first joined this group. Don't know about Arkansas, but Missouri has some good farmland too. Of course, if you wind up in Tx, y'all can start your own chapter of BYH's !!!!!!

 

[Mike CHS]

Our Tennessee association is a bit up in the air right now due to not many people willing to give the time and effort to make events happen. We hosted the spring meeting a couple of years ago and we have a spring meeting and fall sale tentatively scheduled but no firm time table as of yet.

We are only a little over 20 miles from the Alabama line so we are in that zone that is a bit milder in the summer and not quite as prone to the storms in the winter as a lot of the state. If we can do anything to help while you are looking for a place to settle, feel free to let us know. We are a little under 60 miles from Franklin (the newest metro area of Nashville) so we have the benefits of a city area without the congestion (so far).

 

[Baymule]

Moving is a job! We were fortunate in that we only moved 160 miles and I was able to carry a lot of stuff in my weekly travels to work on the house. The "big" moving day was nuts, but we sure were glad to have it over.

When Latestarter moved from Colorado to Texas, he hired a van trailer from Old Dominion freight lines, they dropped it at his place, then picked it up 3 days later. They delivered it to Texas and gave him a few days to unload.

 

[Ridgetop]

Thanks Farmerjan. We definitely want to avoid states that are becoming like California. Hearing about Austin and it's stand on not removing homeless people camping on sidewalks and front lawns is worrying too. I realize that Austin has been pretty liberal for some years now, but it doesn't sound good. Residents and business owners are getting pretty fed up with the lack of governments carrying out the laws in regards to public nuisances here in California. I hope that it begins to show in voting. However, we have a lot problems with voting here in CA since it is illegal to ask anyone to prove their residence or status to vote. Very depressing to here that other states are moving in the way of CA. Other states should look at our problems and avoid them!

When Latestarter moved from Colorado to Texas, he hired a van trailer from Old Dominion freight lines, they dropped it at his place, then picked it up 3 days later. They delivered it to Texas and gave him a few days to unload.

That is good to hear since we will have to move all our livestock panels and equipment. It will be cheaper to move them than to buy new. We also have 2 20' Connex freight boxes that we can pack full and have dropped at the new place. When they are empty, they can be towed into place on our new place by truck or moved with a tractor. DH used to have a Class 1 license for big rigs, but had to give it up when his blood pressure went too high. DS2 and DS3 both have Class 1 licenses though so might be able to drive us out. On the other hand I think just hiring a company to transport everything would be best. We will have enough to do getting the new place ready for the sheep and dogs. Maybe we can find something already fenced for dogs and small livestock though. Not giving up.

Before the move though, while we still have our children to care for our animals and dogs, we want to do more 5th wheel traveling around the US. We LOVE Texas and being near Bay is a huge draw but is it the right place for us? Is there enough grazing and forage year round? We would have to grow our own hay and pay to have it harvested and baled for the winter. Also, how close would we be to a processor for selling our lambs? I really don't like selling individually off the farm to private buyers and would prefer to just take a load to the processor and pick up the check. Lots to consider.

 

[farmerjan]

Just an afterthought.... @Latestarters (joes) place just went on the market.... read it on someone's thread. @Baymule could give you a link I am sure.