We've been doing well the past couple of months. Ashley is busy with school and clinicals, I just keep telling myself she'll be finished in May. Alex finished up soccer where he made vast improvements in his defense, I hope he gives high school soccer a try nest year - yikes, next year :( . Kennedy is playing basketball as well as gymnastics.
I chipped away at some other projects I've been wanting to tackle. I managed to get power to the garage and barn and moved Ashley's granddad's non working tractor off premises. We sold our ewe lambs to a family just starting out like we did several years ago, so that was better than the sale barn. It reminded me of all we've learned since owning sheep and goats. I wanted to tell them as much as possible but there is so much that all I could do was shake my head and wish them the best. We've experimented with feeding round bales, yes feeding hay in November, since its been so dry. I made a feeder modeled after a more expensive version I found online and, surprisingly, it works pretty well. Halloween was fun this year even though Alex chose not to dress up.
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| She's going to kill me, but here is Ashley "studying" with the weenies. |
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| High speed, super effective (so far) round bale feeder. Cameo: Cheescake |
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| 100 amp aluminum 2-2-4 direct bury wire used to go from garage to barn. |
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100 amp panel coming from disconnect at house meter.
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| Kennedy and her friend (a dragon, not a dinosaur or lizard!). |
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Goof ball!
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| Kennedy caught minnows off and on throughout the summer. Our metal trap got bent so she made her own without any assistance from me, I didn't even know it was happening until she requested this picture. Needless to say it worked very well. Holes at top of bag near stick allow minnows to enter. Stick doubles as anchor when lodged in bank. #Engineer in training |
