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Post by azlonerider on Oct 27, 2011 1:16:57 GMT -4
Tomorrow I start digging the holes for the posts for a small ramada we're going to use as a goat milking station. This will be the area we milk at during the winter. We'll have enough room for the milking stand and for feed. I to make an alley from the pen gate to the ramada so that the goat can only go to the stand. I'll take pictures for a better explanation.
Martin, that sausage sounds great!!!
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Post by nhlivefreeordie on Oct 27, 2011 8:30:26 GMT -4
Another ready made story in the making Andy! The last one for the upcoming issue is GREAT!
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Post by Martin on Oct 27, 2011 17:34:08 GMT -4
Low of 23 degrees expected tonight. I'm working on the last of the peppers and herbs.
~Martin
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Post by azlonerider on Oct 28, 2011 23:15:37 GMT -4
It was 43 here last night... we slept with the windows open so it got into the 50's in the house.
Tonight after work I got two of the four holes dug for my milking ramada. In the morning I'll get the other two done, and the posts set in concrete. Then we're going fishing and having a cook out with a church I preached in not long ago. It will be good to spend time with my family and the friends of the church.
Sunday we will start building the ramada and probably get a good bit of it done.
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Post by nhlivefreeordie on Oct 29, 2011 8:57:03 GMT -4
We are warming our toes by the wood stove, it is just so cozy in here, and we are working toward getting the next issue uploaded to the printer.
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Post by azlonerider on Oct 30, 2011 0:12:13 GMT -4
The posts are set for the little pole barn/ramada tomorrow we'll start building. I'm hoping to have most of the work done tomorrow and the final stuff will be done on Monday and Tuesday after work. Once that's done I need to check the insulation on the outdoor pipes and we'll be ready for winter.
We still have peppers growing and tomato's ripening, it's getting down in the 40's at night and up in the 80's during the day. As long as we don't get a freak cold spell that sends the temperatures plummeting we might be able to harvest stuff until Thanksgiving...
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Post by azlonerider on Oct 30, 2011 23:23:38 GMT -4
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Post by Martin on Oct 31, 2011 0:30:15 GMT -4
Looks good Andy! Careful up on that ladder!!! ~Martin
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Post by leatherneckpa on Oct 31, 2011 17:33:15 GMT -4
Andy, it looks great! I really like the look of that pallet fencing. It's a shame the ground here is usually so damp, the bottoms would rot out too quickly. What is that high railed area in the background of the last photo. It looks like one serious deer stand.
I tried switching the girls over to a layer mash from the local feed store this week instead of crumble. It's not working so well. Seems the feeder doesn't let the mash fall into the slot well enough. Going to make a couple of "quick-fix" attempts, but I may have to build a new bulk feeder. I'm surprised how much heavier an 80 lb bag is than the 50's I usually carry.
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Post by azlonerider on Oct 31, 2011 22:27:56 GMT -4
Mike that high railed thing is something the neighbor built for his kid. The only time it gets used now is for watching fire works displays on the 4th of July and during parties... if it were mine I'd have a telescope up there watching the stars.
Mike I don't like the mash.. we use crumble and the girls like it so we're sticking with it.
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Post by azlonerider on Oct 31, 2011 23:37:16 GMT -4
We worked until after dark with a flood light and got the roofing on the pole shed. We'll work on the fencing after work tomorrow. We're about 90% done with this project. This weekend we'll probably put the walls on the goat shed as it might be turning colder and the wind here cuts to the bone when it's cold.
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Post by nhlivefreeordie on Nov 1, 2011 9:37:30 GMT -4
It sounds like you guys were kickin it!
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Post by leatherneckpa on Nov 2, 2011 6:56:27 GMT -4
Andy, I'll bet the stargazing is phenomenal out there.
I tried one last fix for the feeder last night. If this doesn't work I'll have to build another one. I like the idea of the mash because it's made right at the mill where I get my feed. Scott and I share very similar views on most things. I believe he really is in it for his customers. I was in the backroom one day trying to compare labels on a two high-end dog foods. He actually talked me into a food that was $10 less per bag. He pointed out a couple of things that convinced me that I would have been willing to pay the higher price, but better food for less is a plus. So anyway, Scott says the mash is every bit as good as the crumbles, but they have better control of what's in it. I like that.
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Post by azlonerider on Nov 5, 2011 23:39:05 GMT -4
Today we spent the day at the farmers market. I'm looking for other venues to sell at, we're just not selling the volume I want. While we were selling today I had 3 people look at the quality of my pens and tell me that based on the quality of the pen and the work I did on them I should make knives. So, we're also kicking around the idea of making high quality hunting, skinning, and fillet knives and selling those as well. Currently I'm in over drive researching blades and blanks and material. If we don't make the blades we will only deal with blades that are made in America. There are a lot of off shore manufacturers that make blades that aren't quality.
Today after we got home from the market and got unloaded we decided to pull all the green tomato's, peppers and a watermelon off the plants as it's supposed to turn cold and get down to freezing tonight and maybe a couple of other nights this week.
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