Solidarity from western NC coldmud season...It's basically impossible for the farm to look beautiful this time of year. Drab, dreary, muddy, sometimes icy or snowy. Short days. Yuck. But soon enough we'll be bitching about how much growing biomass we have to deal with...
Yep, I always try and dissuade visitors to the farm at this time of year. BTW Just came in from the lambing barn (5 a.m.). Two maiden ewes had just lambed minutes before. One set of twins and one singleton.
Two baby goats today. I watch and watch morning and evening to no avail. I'm on my way past the paddock for another set of chores mid afternoon and I hear a high pitched bleat - wait what? A lil doe and lil buck are already up and nursing from a first time mama. Brand new and they all know what to do...
Mud season is the only time I can get post holes dug in our Arkansas red clay without calling in a professional drilling rig. The trade-off is being covered in a fine layer of ochre for a couple weeks after, and finding it in unexpected places that never got anywhere near the ground.
I hear you. We worked on a major fencing project, two-years back, during a drought. My shoulders still hurt from putting in t-posts. Arkansas Ozarks, you are getting pounded by winter this year. I have a nephew who has a homestead near Compton. The weather just seems to be on repeat, and nothing good.
Indeed. "If you don't like the weather just wait..." is the motto around here. Frozen over snow on the ground today & in the high 20s. Sunny & in the mid-60s on the forecast for next week. Looking forward to more mud & more fence posts.
Here in Wisconsin we are dealing with that godforsaken white mud the last few days. Soon enough it will turn into that other kind for about 3 weeks.
Never heard the term "white mud" before. But no explanation needed.
Solidarity from western NC coldmud season...It's basically impossible for the farm to look beautiful this time of year. Drab, dreary, muddy, sometimes icy or snowy. Short days. Yuck. But soon enough we'll be bitching about how much growing biomass we have to deal with...
Yep, I always try and dissuade visitors to the farm at this time of year. BTW Just came in from the lambing barn (5 a.m.). Two maiden ewes had just lambed minutes before. One set of twins and one singleton.
Two baby goats today. I watch and watch morning and evening to no avail. I'm on my way past the paddock for another set of chores mid afternoon and I hear a high pitched bleat - wait what? A lil doe and lil buck are already up and nursing from a first time mama. Brand new and they all know what to do...
Mud season is the only time I can get post holes dug in our Arkansas red clay without calling in a professional drilling rig. The trade-off is being covered in a fine layer of ochre for a couple weeks after, and finding it in unexpected places that never got anywhere near the ground.
I hear you. We worked on a major fencing project, two-years back, during a drought. My shoulders still hurt from putting in t-posts. Arkansas Ozarks, you are getting pounded by winter this year. I have a nephew who has a homestead near Compton. The weather just seems to be on repeat, and nothing good.
Indeed. "If you don't like the weather just wait..." is the motto around here. Frozen over snow on the ground today & in the high 20s. Sunny & in the mid-60s on the forecast for next week. Looking forward to more mud & more fence posts.
Beautiful story, can 100% relate. But just think of how much time you saved by carrying two bales instead of just one!