Sunday, October 9, 2011

The new truck


Well the old truck finally died and we have spent about a month looking for a new one. New to us, that is....finally we found what seems to be a good one in our price range. The dogs love the back seat.

Friday, October 7, 2011

October Nor'easter


We were hit with a surprise storm this week. The forecast was for a bit of rain and some wind so the resulting storm caught us by surprise.


We had a deluge of rain, some flurries in the air and of course incredible winds.


The Boy's summer shelter was blown upside down, broke one fencepost and was impaled on another. Just after it happened the guys gathered on the tent floor looking around with puzzled expressions, wondering where their house went.


Out I go in the gale force winds to take the sides off the tent as they are acting like giant sails in the wind. The sides came off, and in the final ravages of the storm the remainder of the tent was blown across the field and came to rest upside down.


We are expecting summer weather on the weekend; the first job will be cleaning up the mess.

Wwoofing season over again

Many, many thanks for all the volunteers who helped out on the farm this past season. Without your help we would not have had completed all the fencing, the haying was an easier job and the gardening and firewood were put in good order. The list of other accomplishments is longer than I can list.

Thank you again.

Diablo

We stopped hand feeding Diablo in the middle of September and he is continuing to do well. Still smaller than the rest, and fiercely attached to his mother.