Blind Hog and Acorn

Fescue is growing so Blind Hog is clipping the seed heads off- problem was, the old brush hog twisted the back wheel (again) and it damn near got tore off.  Acorn found several other stress fractures in the rotary cutter deck so Blind Hog got Acorn an Mother's Day present...  A new rotary cutter.

Acorn does admit, it fits the new Kioti quite well and trails along behind it nicely.

Garden work done, yard work, work at the Springfield house.  Have to say, the pair of farmers are a bit too tired to be entertaining...  Time for a shower and a sit down!

Yup- Blind Hog and Acorn took the stock trailer to Menard's to get treated lumber for the fencing project, the greenhouse and a french drain.  Holy moley!  Good thing prices were checked online first, or there would have been even more grumbling!

Nasturtium baskets are up, orioles and grosbeaks at the feeders, four pair of martins in the gourds.

All four of the goslings have gone to their new homes- Acorn was saved from raising a pair of males thanks to a last minute reply from a person on the waiting list.  Yay!

Four lil' honkers out, buyer cannot get them for another week.  They may be half-grown by then!  Acorn has plans for an outdoor gosling run as well as fenced-in above ground coop pen for them.  Blind Hog brought down the old cattle mineral feeder on skids for the coop, and the 4'x5' pen used for previous peeps and honkers.

Things are getting done around the farm.  Garden work, livestock tending.  Cheesemaking completed.  Acorn got to try out the new battery powered impact wrench and what a joy to use that was!!!

So far April has brought 5.49" of rain...  Gotta boost those May flowers!

Might get down near 30F at the farm by dawn, Acorn has covered up the tender plants, closed the ends of the low tunnel.  Brought in Bravo and Charlie goosies' eggs in, Delta is sitting on hers today.

Fun trip last week to Crystal Bridges and the Momentary.

Goats are doing well with the pasture growth, Acorn milked 4 gallons and is attempting an Emmental cheese.  4 gallons of milk and the cheese is over 4 lbs, but 12 more hrs of pressing needs to be done before it floats in the brine.

Raised beds have been getting improved with goat barn compost. Blind Hog has been moving rocks from one pile to another.

Acorn baked a loaf of sourdough.  Been feasting on asparagus and salad greens from the garden.

"Barely used" shoes from Ebay are the cat's meow...  Makes fora very happy Acorn, especially when the style has been discontinued.

Blind Hog and Acorn have had a relatively easy week- morning walkies with Sam, a trip to Springfield.  Fence work planning going on along with pasture management and gardening.

Morels, asparagus, seed starting...  Lilacs and Japanese cherry trees blooming...  Kind of.  That last hard freeze really killed off a ton of fresh growth.  Here is to hoping that was the last hard freeze!

Blind Hog and Acorn had the usual week for chores, then broke bad and went to a real theater movie (Project Hail Mary) and wrapped up the week double-dipping and attending two No Kings events.

Farmers are a bit tuckered out, to say the least...  Deets are in the podcast...

Behold, the Vernal Equinox has arrived!  Temps from the low teens to the 90's in a mere week!

Blind Hog and Acorn have been busy...  Piddle chores, gardening, goating, limb-carrying...

Acorn fixed the cord on the grill rotisserie, by removing the ground fault and replacing it with another...  The chicken was delicious...

Mid to upper 70's and and now lows in the teens expected?  Spring of Deception indeed...

Acorn baked squash and got 6 lbs of pulpy pulp for future cakes.  Canned pumpkin, if you will...

Three new barn cats joined the farm- all are bonafide mousers and come with resumes.  They are acclimating to the farm, and Sam, in the pig barn.  Got the "secure stall" all cleaned out for them.

The farm received much needed rain, and Big Fat Cow finally popped her triplets today.  No more waddling around for her!

Geese have been a-layin'...  Acorn's new smartwatch is alllllll about "Body Battery" and getting enough rest.  NOT what you can do when kids keep being born- lol...

Daffodils are up, rhubarbs busting out.  Plum trees about to bloom as well.  

Will they finally do away with the changing of the time?  Ugh...