It seems like only yesterday that I was starting my fencing projects for the summer. Even though it has been over a month since my last posting, it's easy to summarize what transpired since that time. Fence building pretty much sums it all up. It seems there wasn't much else. My poor kids must have thought that their father forgot how to play and have fun. It wasn't all that bad but it was close.... and I'm still not done. I'll finish the house's treated wood fence, hopefully, this weekend.
The cows are in the pasture and getting along nicely. I had just finished the pasture fencing when I brought home 4 heifers. They spent the night in the pasture, up close to the cow shed, but by the next morning, two were gone. I walked out with a cup of coffee to look at the cows and imagine my surprise to find two gone. One had already gone over, or through the south fence and the other was pacing the fence looking for a weakness. When she found it, she went through it. In short, it took me two weeks, some good fence mending, and the erection of an electric fence before the two wayward cows were brought home. No problems since that time, thankfully.
School has started and a new year has begun. I am pleased with the work that was done over the summer and can breath more easily knowing that I only need to build a chicken coop next. I'll post some photos of the cows, the fences, and the new shop floor in the barn. It was nice to have my brother and his son Josh come down to help me pour. Thanks also to my buddy Randy for lending a hand. It should make for a nice work space when I get it all put together.
Other tidbits of information: chicken population is now down to 20. It seems my dogs will never stop eating them; saw a rattler the other day while working on the fence and last night, I killed a black snake in the basement of the house (Yikes!).
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