August 6, 2009

Thursday. I got everything done in the morning that needed to be done and then ran some errands. I got back a little after noon. Savannah and Debbie brought me a dozen geese that needed a new home and 3 chickens. We got the geese settled in the pasture and the chickens put in a hutch. I made sure that the dogs were up so that the geese could have a peaceful few hours before they had to meet the dogs. We visited for a while and talked about the upcoming trip to Missouri to pick up some weanlings.

We went down later to feed. The geese stayed in the lower part of the pasture so the dogs did not pay that much attention to them. When I went to feed them Spud and Bo went with me. Bo did very well but Spud liked to herd them around.

August 5, 2009

Wednesday. I was up early to feed the dogs. I got the house picked up and some work done on the computer. I went down to check on the water and turn on the fans for the livestock. The pastures were full of Canadian Geese.

I fed early since it looked like it was going to rain again today. The feed gets wasted if it rains before the goats and sheep it it. I spent the rest of the day working on some knitting and quilting. After supper, I did my typing until bedtime.

August 4, 2009

Tuesday. Today was my day to clean the house and wash clothes. In between that, I also canned some hot pepper. I also baked a pound cake and put a roast in the crock pock for supper.

Dusty had to do several errands and try and get some sawdust for the stalls. Since business has been slow for the sawmills, saw dust has been hard to come by. He did get a little bit for today and a friend left one of his trucks at the sawmill so they could load it with shavings when they had some. Dusty then came back to work on cleaning stalls. When he came back to the house, I went to the barn to feed. I noticed that he must have left a gate open and Calamity, Cobio and Patrick were in the sheep and goat pasture. It began pouring rain while I was down there so I just left them where they were since they were not hurting anything. After the downpour, I finished feeding and Dusty came down and put them back in the lot.

August 3, 2009

Monday. I picked up the house, fed the dogs and ran to the grocery store. Dusty was trimming horse feet when I left. Since it was close to lunch, I picked up something for Dusty and me to eat. When I got back in, Dusty left to run some errands for Tony. When he got back in he began working on more fencing.

I mowed the grass in the afternoon and finished in time to fix supper and start my typing for the day. Donny did the feeding when he came in since I did not have any corn. He gave Emma Lee and Kodiak their bottle which they enjoyed very much. I finished everything up around midnight.

Aug 2, 2009

Sunday. Dusty came in early from spending the night with a friend and went back to bed for a while. When he got they all left to go get a welder for Dusty to use around the farm and to work on horse trailers. It was a bit rainy so I did not let the horses out.

Feeding went well and everyone seemed okay.

August 1, 2009

Saturday. Donny left early to move the round bales around. We need to cut more hay but rain is in the forecast so we will have to wait. I picked up the house and went to the barn to let the horses out since Dusty was not home yet.

Dusty, Savannah and Tony came in later in the day. We will cook hamburgers on the grill tonight. Donny brought in the last of the beans and we fixed them too. Donny went to feed while I finished up supper.

July 31, 2009

Friday. I ran some errands this morning and got home around lunch. Dusty went to help move some furniture for Carolyn and run some errands.

I went to feed in the afternoon. Everyone seemed to be find. Emma Lee and Kodiak got there bottles. It was not that hot but very humid so I turned the fan on for the sheep, goats, llamas and alpacas.

Donny and Dusty fed silage when they got home and Dusty left to spend the night with friends.