We've had an eventful summer and Fall on the place. Lots of work has been accomplished, and lots of work is still left to finish.
The summer litter of Emily's accidental puppies have all found new homes. Well... except for one male, he stayed on at the farm. He seemed to be particularly attached to the baby, so we thought he would make a good addition to the place. He is going to be a BIG dog!!
The concrete forms were all poured a couple of months back. Finished finally, after a year! The brush has been cut back away from the forms and burned lately, too.
Firewood... The neverending story! My new place does not have wood heat, but the old one does and he is sure appreciating the stash of firewood.
Goaties. They were weaned months ago, and the black one has found somewhere else to be an obnoxious creature. The brown one is still here and is loose, I would dearly love to hunt him down and eat him!!
Turkeys. The annual pre-Thanksgiving bloodbath cut down on our population by nearly half. I kept 5 breeders for next year. They have their nice new big pen to live in for the winter. Their housing is kind of shoddy, but they do at least have shelter. One of those things I keep meaning to fix but never quite get around to...
Brush being burned. Lots of brush. Making more farming space in the annual slash n burn festivities!
Knobcone pine across the road. Story of my life this time of year. If I had my way I would cut down every one of these evil trees for miles around!!! These are particularly susceptible to pine beetles.
Tiny arrowhead that I found. Yes, it is a complete head. Wintu tribe piece. Very small and VERY cool.
So, that sums up a lot of the things that have been keeping me busy. It's refreshing to have cooler weather and be able to get some butchering and brush burning done. Happy Holidays!
