Archive for May, 2009

Little Bit

Friday, May 29th, 2009

We have added to our zoo. Will went to Detweiler’s Country Store today & purchased Little Bit. He is a miniature horse. The kids are thrilled…. » read more

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New Beginnings 2009

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Well, all the corn we planted this past week is sprouting quite well already, both the sweet corn and the feed corn. We should have a pretty decent harvest from all that this year. Jaimes garden is getting absolutely green, and I am sure she will be posting pictures as soon as her eye is… » read more

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More Kitties & Turkeys Too!

Saturday, May 23rd, 2009

My oldest daughter came in the other night asking for a flashlight. When I asked her what she needed one for, she told me she heard kittens back in the brush pile behind the shed. The same brush pile we found Alice & her kittens in. She came back in later with no… » read more

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Planting Corn 2009

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

When you have to plant 2 acres of corn for the creation of next winters feed for all the animals, and you have yet to aquire a tractor and the proper implements, how exactly would you do it, in the easiest possible way?
Today I faced this very issue. I had the ground all tilled and… » read more

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Baking Station Completed.

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

Just finished building the upper cabinet, shelf, & utensil racks and sanding the finished polyurethane for Jaimes new baking station. Picture of completed unit is below.

Jaime is thrilled and wishes she could use it right now, but that will have to wait a bit still. She went to the eye specialist again today and he… » read more

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Kitties Make Ten

Friday, May 15th, 2009

Attention, attention! Our ankle biters have found more kittens! We thought another of our cats, Alice, looked awful tubby a couple weeks ago-then it all maigcally disappeared. My daughter, Madison, was out nosing around the shed a couple of days ago & heard mewling. In the ditch under some branches we had put in there… » read more

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Brand New Baking Station & Blindness

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

Well, the day finally arrived that Jaime has been asking for, I got her new baking station built to her specifications, and installed in the bare area in the kitchen for her. I think it looks pretty darn good myself, however Jaime can’t really see it yet herself.
I took her in to see an… » read more

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New forum for agrarians added!

Sunday, May 10th, 2009

We have just added a live forum for friends, family, and those who wish to be heard.
You can access the forums by clicking on the “FORUM” link just under the website logo or by bookmarking this link: http://www.farmresults.com/forum
This is a brand new feature and as yet, may not be perfect, but… » read more

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Kitty Update

Friday, May 8th, 2009

If you think having seven children in the house is a bit crowded, try having nine cats & kittens & a little dog underfoot. The last time i posted about the kittens, one batch was a few days old & the other batch was a few hours old. Well, they have… » read more

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The New Pantry & other Pictures

Friday, May 8th, 2009

Jaime has been asking for some cabinets to turn the old downstairs laundry area into a full blown pantry for a little while now, after moving the laundry room upstairs to its permanent home. Well, thanks to all the rain the last few days, I finally got around to it for her, and boy is… » read more

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Tidbits - May 6 2009

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

Well, it rained all day today, so we fed all the animals needing it, then spent a good part of the day in the workshop finishing a new cabinet for the upstairs bathroom that Jaime has been wanting. Then spent the rest of the day looking about at other blogs and coming up with the… » read more

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