TTs Critter Pics & Ramblings

[autumnprairie]

 

[TTs Chicks]

Things seem to be calming down or I'm just getting better at dealing We did find me a little $700 escort that gets 34 miles to the gallon - it's ugly (needs a grill and paint and has some dents) all manual and the air doesn't work but I'm good it's mine I have the title It was advertised as not having a radio which was fine cause we pulled my good one out of the truck . . . well when DH went to put in my radio we discovered that they had also taken every speacker out of the car The surround sound in the living room died a couple weeks earlier so DH took one of those speakers and hooked it to my radio so I have a speaker sitting on my dash As long as I can have my music I'm good.

Had a good and productive weekend. We cleaned house Saturday and then yesterday after church DH mowed while I weeded the garden.

I haven't weeded in a good while - we had rain several afternoons in a row and then I had muscle spasms in my upper back for almost 3 weeks ( my body's reactions to too much stress ) It was almost hard to tell the veggies from all the weed Got that all weeded yesterday and discovered that My little garden is growing like crazy I have little (and a couple big) cucumbers, lots of pumpkin blooms, lots of lima bean and green blooms I picked a hand full of green peas yesterday and planted DHs green onions. I have some black eyed peas and some cream 40s I want to get planted.

I cut down a couple of trees for the goats - I have got to get more fence up so they have more browse, but I have several smaller (6 - 8 inches around) trees still to thin out and I take down a couple at a time with the ax for the goats to eat.

I still have both of the baby goats that I want to sell . . . hoping they'll sell soon I'm keeping Stella's little girl cause she has spots

I need to take some pictures to post, just have been to achy, tired or busy lately to take the time to do it.

Guess I should get some work done since I am technically at work

 

[TTs Chicks]

Took some pictures tonight

Trouble (on the crate) and Timmy

The crate is over my water spigot and the water hose is rolled up inside it because Jake likes to eat water hoses

Jake keeping watch (and trying to look innocent )

I'm thinning out the woods and feeding the goats . . they sure do like it when I cut down trees

I make sure the little ones get a couple limbs in their night time pen

This is Stella's girl - I still haven't decided on a name for her

This is my little milking buddy - she's such a sweet girl

This is technically a weed

but I love it's flowers

My garden is growing well

I have some cucumbers about big enough to pick

This is DH, DS and me at DSs highschool graduation on June 1st:

 

[autumnprairie]

love the pics your weed looks like it is Lantana does it have rough leaves?

 

[Roll farms]

Your garden's coming nice for sure, and you have a beautiful family!

 

[TTs Chicks]

love the pics your weed looks like it is Lantana does it have rough leaves?

Yep it is Lantana They were cut down to nothing and they are huge again - they can get away from you pretty quickly.

 

[TTs Chicks]

Your garden's coming nice for sure, and you have a beautiful family!

Thanks Roll. I want to make my garden bigger, but until I made sure I could actually take care of / get things to grow I was afraid too The last garden I tried was big and I didn't have the time or energy or knowledge to do it right.

 

[Roll farms]

After DH and I got married we attempted to put out our 1st garden together. HIS brilliant idea was to make the rows wide enough you could run the tiller between then, so no weed pulling.

HAH. He never got around to running the tiller between the rows, so I ended up pulling more weeds than in a 'normal' garden.

I gave up after a few weeks and it went to Hades in a handbasket.....

He always brought home tons of stuff from his parents' garden anyway, so what little we did grow went to waste.

So I didn't grow ANYTHING edible for 10 yrs or more. Once his parents slowed down, I decided to try again.

 

[bonbean01]

Loved the photos

Can super relate to when everything just starts to go wrong and not enough finances to keep up...we had a spell of that this spring and it was just one thing after the other and it seemed it would never end...but it finally settled out, or we too started to learn how to cope with it better?

Had to sell a 2 year old sweet good mother ewe with her darling ewe lamb that we had intended to keep...but...car needed major repairs...all tires on it and the old truck that is barely limping along did too...their sale covered that...then...more equipment just died completely and couldn't be fixed...so, again we have a loan to make payments on each month that gives us a financial squeeze...but...we are healthy (when DH doesn't do his back in and is down for a week) and despite our terrible wind storm a few days ago that took out part of our fencing when a huge tree was hit by lightning and went down taking out more trees with it...it did not hurt the sheep or their shelter...so, we take the blessings with the rest of it and carry on.

Perhaps life sucks sometimes to give us more appreciation for our true blessings? Hope things get better for you

 

[TTs Chicks]

So I didn't grow ANYTHING edible for 10 yrs or more.

Based on the pics of your place I'd say you've made up for that time

Perhaps life sucks sometimes to give us more appreciation for our true blessings? Hope things get better for you

That is a good way to look at it Thanks - things are getting better Glad ya'll came throught the storm without too much damage. I hope things get better for ya'll too

edited because I made a big oops