RollingAcres
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Sorry to hear that but you know old man winter is just around the corner
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B&B Happy goats
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@Bruce...your ten minutes of summer will be over in 30 seconds.....the old man winter is going to be knocking at your back door shortly ....
Bruce
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Nah, we are apparently going to get "southern" weather early next week - hot and humid. 
B&B Happy goats
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Nah, we are apparently going to get "southern" weather early next week - hot and humid.
Then two feet of snow
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Shortening of the sun...leaf turning is supposedly not as "tied to" the temps as to the shortening of the sun and the ANGLE....There is nothing like Fall in Maine thats for sure, the color and Vibrance of the leaves is amazing! I was driving in to town today, and there are trees turning red already
I couldn't believe it, some of my apples are already ripe....one of my ewes is already getting a thicker coat. Is there something I don't know that mother nature does
It hasn't been cold, the lowest temp was 59 one morning, but other then that its never below 65.
I have noticed the days getting shorter. Longest day is June 21st, equal time is Sept 21st headed to shorter, shortest is Dec 21st. equal is again Mar21st, headed to longer.... Well, sometimes it is the 20th of those months, but we always just figured the 21st to make it easiest to remember.... The angle has some to do with it as the earth tilts on it's axis.
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WolfeMomma
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I totally didnt know this! I thought it had to do with low temps. very cool!
Mike CHS
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When we were working the sheep the other day we found that our #29 ewe was missing an ear tag so we gave her a new one. While I was cleaning the stall at the shop I noticed her ear tag was inside the creep feeder which meant she somehow got her hear in there and her ear tag pulled out when she started pulling her head out. The lambs can't get their heads in or out once they hit about 3 1/2 months old so I have no idea how she got her head in there.
We got 30 pounds of the concord grapes processed but still have 10 pounds to go. Right now we are just canning it as grape juice to make jelly with later. We have the camp stove set up outside to do that and to can some pickles today after the grass gets cut. Teresa is cleaning out the big shed and rearranging things so we can put the new freezer out there with the other upright. We hope to build a small standalone building this winter so we can use that for meat sales. To get approved, you have to have a dedicated room to be able to handle frozen meat.
We got 30 pounds of the concord grapes processed but still have 10 pounds to go. Right now we are just canning it as grape juice to make jelly with later. We have the camp stove set up outside to do that and to can some pickles today after the grass gets cut. Teresa is cleaning out the big shed and rearranging things so we can put the new freezer out there with the other upright. We hope to build a small standalone building this winter so we can use that for meat sales. To get approved, you have to have a dedicated room to be able to handle frozen meat.
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WolfeMomma
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oh that is a cool looking creep feed! We have been rolling around ideas about how to build/or what to use as a creep feed. We dont have the room for a very large area, so something smaller that like would be perfect for us
Mike CHS
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We love it since we can let them eat free choice and the ewes can stay with them since they can't get their heads in it. At least most of the time. 
We're going to the KHSI Expo Saturday so we plan to pick up another. Eight lambs can share them at one time but with just one the bigger lambs get more than their share.
We're going to the KHSI Expo Saturday so we plan to pick up another. Eight lambs can share them at one time but with just one the bigger lambs get more than their share.
Bruce
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Aren't YOU the funny one!! But you know that we won't see snow for a while. Sometimes a small amount that doesn't stay around in September, more often in October.Then two feet of snow
And when I adjust my solar panels. Interestingly (at least to me) is that the tilt change isn't even close to linear. I adjust 4 times a year based on an "optimal tilt" website that has info based on latitude by 5° increments. My dates are: Spring angle (41.8°) - March 5, Summer angle (17.1°) - April 18, Fall angle (41.8°) - Aug 22, Winter angle (64.1°) - Oct 5.
Determination?
Do they require an automatic generator to guarantee the freezers can't ever be without power?
Here to make food for sale you have to have a facility where no pets have access. Can't even claim (and do) exclude them from the kitchen with a door. If they are in the same building you can't sell food made there unless it is an oddly made building with only an exterior door.
