BarredRockMomma
Loving the herd life
x2marlowmanor said:I vote you fence in half the front yard and get some goats to be lawnmowers for you!
Wildrosebeef - Armchair Cattlewoman's BYH Journal
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77Herford
The Farm Zookeeper
No, No, buck the trend and get some Sheep. They are all woolly and soft and don't complain so much.BarredRockMomma said:x2marlowmanor said:I vote you fence in half the front yard and get some goats to be lawnmowers for you!
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WildRoseBeef
Range nerd & bovine enthusiast
LOL @ you guys. 
I like the idea of both (or either or) but it's still something that's in the "thinking about" processes
It's been really windy these past couple days! Cats don't like it lol, I didn't realize Mom had put them in the quonset until I went in to get the car. I had the big doors wide open and though Spider was up and about he didn't want to step outside the building. Muffy just stayed in her little nest lol. She never even moved when I moved the car out, and was in the same spot when I put it back in. Spider was cozied up in his nest too when I put the car back in again and didn't want to move.
Went to town today to get some flowers and a potted plant for Mom for Mother's Day. I think she'll love them.
I like the idea of both (or either or) but it's still something that's in the "thinking about" processes It's been really windy these past couple days! Cats don't like it lol, I didn't realize Mom had put them in the quonset until I went in to get the car. I had the big doors wide open and though Spider was up and about he didn't want to step outside the building. Muffy just stayed in her little nest lol. She never even moved when I moved the car out, and was in the same spot when I put it back in. Spider was cozied up in his nest too when I put the car back in again and didn't want to move.
Went to town today to get some flowers and a potted plant for Mom for Mother's Day. I think she'll love them.
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WildRoseBeef
Range nerd & bovine enthusiast
Best way to trim an apple tree:
Climb it! Ladders are for wimps!
Gawd my arms, legs and abs are sore this evening!! No I didn't fall out of the treelol: if I did [NOT!!]), it's just those branches get so darn thick that it takes a bit of muscle-power to cut them down with the whatchyamacallit---clippers? branch trimmers?---anyway, whatever the name it is. Had to trim out a big tall ugly branch that was sticking up like a sore thumb and had a branch at least a couple inches thick. Sure looks a lot nicer with it gone. There's another branch going into the spruce tree beside the one I cut down, but I'll have to tackle that another time. Got a number of other branches, dead and competitive ones out too while I was up in the tree. (Those barefoot shoes are great to use for climbing trees!)
And, I finally took that cattle oiler brush thingy down that was bugging me for the last couple years, ugly thing it was. Scratching brush had half the bristles gone, nothing left in the tank, and the hose was all brittle to heck, so brittle couldn't even bend it, and it had already cracked in a number of places = irreparable. So, out with the open wrenches and down and apart it went. Bolt connecting the brush with the hose was a b$%$# to get apart, threads were real badly stripped (NOT striped!) I had a heck of a time trying to get it apart. Stripped bolt = garbage!
So I had a good day today. Finally found something to do today where I was physically active, which felt REAL good!
Climb it! Ladders are for wimps!
Gawd my arms, legs and abs are sore this evening!! No I didn't fall out of the tree
lol: if I did [NOT!!]), it's just those branches get so darn thick that it takes a bit of muscle-power to cut them down with the whatchyamacallit---clippers? branch trimmers?---anyway, whatever the name it is. Had to trim out a big tall ugly branch that was sticking up like a sore thumb and had a branch at least a couple inches thick. Sure looks a lot nicer with it gone. There's another branch going into the spruce tree beside the one I cut down, but I'll have to tackle that another time. Got a number of other branches, dead and competitive ones out too while I was up in the tree. (Those barefoot shoes are great to use for climbing trees!)And, I finally took that cattle oiler brush thingy down that was bugging me for the last couple years, ugly thing it was. Scratching brush had half the bristles gone, nothing left in the tank, and the hose was all brittle to heck, so brittle couldn't even bend it, and it had already cracked in a number of places = irreparable. So, out with the open wrenches and down and apart it went. Bolt connecting the brush with the hose was a b$%$# to get apart, threads were real badly stripped (NOT striped!) I had a heck of a time trying to get it apart. Stripped bolt = garbage!
So I had a good day today. Finally found something to do today where I was physically active, which felt REAL good!
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WildRoseBeef
Range nerd & bovine enthusiast
Rain!!!! 
It's been raining since yesterday and in total we've gotten about an inch and four tenths of much-needed rain, which couldn't've come at a perfect time. RIGHT after seeding was done in the fields.
It's been raining since yesterday and in total we've gotten about an inch and four tenths of much-needed rain, which couldn't've come at a perfect time. RIGHT after seeding was done in the fields.
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WildRoseBeef
Range nerd & bovine enthusiast
Went to an exotic animals auction today just to see the animals there. Bunnies, turkeys, ducks, geese, pigs, goats, chickens, guinea fowl, quail, and llamas oh my! We must've came when the auction was more than half-way through, but it was really neat to see all the exotic and "exotic" animals there of all sorts of breeds...including an emu! 
If we had some pens set up I'd probably be tempted to bring some animals home...including goats.... Seen a couple of 3.5 month old doelings for sale, forget what breed they were but they looked so precious! 
Maybe I'm getting GAS too, seeing those things there!!
We must've came when the auction was more than half-way through, but it was really neat to see all the exotic and "exotic" animals there of all sorts of breeds...including an emu! If we had some pens set up I'd probably be tempted to bring some animals home...including goats....
Seen a couple of 3.5 month old doelings for sale, forget what breed they were but they looked so precious! Maybe I'm getting GAS too, seeing those things there!!
Roll farms
Spot Master
After the emu, prairie dog, patagonian cavy, and fallow deer I've brought home.....I'm banned from 'exotic' sales.
I think DH figured he'd better put a lid on it before I brought home a bear cub.
I think DH figured he'd better put a lid on it before I brought home a bear cub.
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WildRoseBeef
Range nerd & bovine enthusiast
FINALLY landed a job! 
First day on the job too today, and I'm pooped! Ended up getting a job as a "display clerk" at a farm/ranch store just a half hour drive from home, just for part time. Certainly was fun, and the other colleagues I work with are also quite enjoyable to be around. So I'm pretty happy with it, even though I'm exhausted tonight lol.
First day on the job too today, and I'm pooped! Ended up getting a job as a "display clerk" at a farm/ranch store just a half hour drive from home, just for part time. Certainly was fun, and the other colleagues I work with are also quite enjoyable to be around. So I'm pretty happy with it, even though I'm exhausted tonight lol.
