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~~~Gardening—Step #1~~~

~~~Gardening—Step #1~~~

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** Maybe this isn’t Step #1…maybe researching & buying the seeds was….. Maybe the garden won’t happen this Spring….. …..but discing was a necessary next step….. …..and ground preparations….. I’ve figured out where I want the garden….. I already got the welded metal panels to (hopefully) deter the deer…the chickens and………….the goats….. Our friend Ralph came over with his wonderful/ancient tractor…with it’s wonderful/ancient accoutrements….. I thought he was just going to disc the ground…

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~We’re On Elsa Watch~

~We’re On Elsa Watch~

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*******Maybe This Link Will Get You To My Tick Tock Channel******* By the time this posts….. Elsa should be past us….. She could have been a lot bigger….. She’s got hurricane force winds (74mph+) and moving super slow….. …..about 12mph-ish….. …..right over us….. We can/should be grateful for that….. …..it could have been so much worse….. …..we were lucky….. …..but the worry never lessens…..there’s always worry….. We’re at the waiting stage now….. …..that stage where you don’t know if you’ve…

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~~~The Pigs New Digs~~~

~~~The Pigs New Digs~~~

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*******Maybe This Link Will Get You To My Tick Tock Channel******* FINALLY! The pigs have new additions to their abode currently underway….. …..and the reconstruction is almost completed…..!!!….. Tra!  La! FINALLY! …..this is all because of our skilled friend, Ralph….. Last week Ralph chain-sawed some of our stored telephone poles….. He made them into some very sturdy/big/long-lasting posts for the new & improved pig sty….. The sty is larger now…..so the pigs can stretch out….. AND…..it’s drier!!! Next week Ralph…

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~~~The Project~~~(a.k.a. “Rosebud”)

~~~The Project~~~(a.k.a. “Rosebud”)

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My younger daughter has always wanted an AirStream trailer….. Over the years she has researched and learned all she could about them….. I don’t know when her penchants started…..I don’t know what started it….. …..but it’s been percolating for awhile….. We ran into an opportunity for an extreme “fixer-upper”…..which was sitting (mired down) in our vet’s back yard….. It’s the “International” model…..and it’s an old one….. *****AirStream Model Types***** It’s been a project just getting it here…..but it’s here now……..

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Yard Work…….

Yard Work…….

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  It’s Hurricane Season…………………….again…..(sigh)…     Yes it is……..   There’s no denying it.     We have a big “yard” to keep up with.     A couple days ago, I tried to crank up “Ole Sparky” (I do every month)………. …..and “Ole Sparky” just spluttered and spit… The usual suspects were ruled out… The battery was still good/chargeable/and holding a charge… The starter was okay. The fuel was just fine and not gooey   The chickens do like…

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