my life as a farmer
It rained all night and the temperature edged up to about 50F, so the snow is pretty much extinct. There is some treacherous ice, however, just waiting for a single misstep. Because it’s so warm and wet, I wanted to give the barn a bit of a cleaning – preventative maintenance, something I really should [...]
Whew – now that the baking and stitching and other busy-ness associated with the wonderful Marketplace Fair is behind me, I could finally spend a day tending to the neglected barn. I’ve been feeling so guilty about how wet and dirty the floor was, so I spent nearly four hours today mucking it out. I [...]
But the fence was open for use yesterday – which, coincidentally, was also my birthday. I felt a little guilty about opening the door for the animals without Tigger, Lauren and David present because they did all the really hard work – but neither did I want to delay the animals’ use of their new [...]
Not to imply that I am idle, but when I looked at the pictures I snapped this afternoon, I was just amazed by how peaceful and rustic the barnyard appears. It’s the sort of place I’d slow down (were I driving by) to get a better look. There’s a lot of work to be done [...]
