When rooster crows from dungheap's top Weather will soon change--or not.

Winter is coming, time for some new firsts on the farm.

First Task: Splitting and stacking wood, moving said wood from yard to wood shed.

I'm sure this is common sense to some people, but I found out the hard way that wood weighs A LOT. We filled the van with wood, backed it into the woodshed, unloaded the wood...and discovered that the van was now 6" taller than it was before entering the woodshed. After scratching my head for a good 15 minutes a lightbulb went off in my head. Dig a 6" hole in the ground to get under the beam that was preventing the van from wintering with the wood. Drove forward, the van dropped nicely under the beam!

Second Task: Buy Hay for the sheep

In my mind this seems like a simple task, make a phone call; ask for hay; pay for hay. Of course it isn't! why would this task be any simpler than all the others. The call went more like this, Hello, I would like to buy some hay. Ok would you like 1st cut, 2nd cut, or 3rd cut...and what you want in your hay, timothy, alfalfa, rye...etc. My answer: I'm going to have to call you back. Who would have thought there were more than one type of hay! Incase you aren't all Hay experts I can maybe shed some light on this for you, it's really quite simple. 1st cut can have more weeds in it and is generally more full of stems, meaning not top quality. 2nd cut is better, and 3rd can be even better. 2nd cut is what i've chosen to get. I still don't really understand the ingredients part, bPublish Postut I found this great site with more information than I nedded http://www.hobbyfarms.com/crops-and-gardening/hay-feeding-14792.aspx.

so the hay is ordered and going to be delivered
almost ready for winter

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Never let your feet run faster than your shoes

Well, we've learned a few things about farm life and time management. Moving, ending up with a farm full of stuff to clean out and organize, learning what to do with Sheep, Skunks, fixing a septic pump, installing a water softener and generally learning what we are doing isn't the best time to start a blog. But in the strange case that someone was hoping that we were actually going to post in our blog as we go...have heart! we are still hoping to get this blog rolling once we get ready for winter....who knew there was more than one type of hay? I've also found out that being called "green" isn't always environmental.

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Bought the farm...

This is the begining of something strange and exciting for us...

It all started around September 07 with seeing a log house (technically stack wall) on MLS that we thought would be pretty amazing to live in. The thought came and went pretty quickly as we couldn't afford the price they were asking. A few months later (Feb 08) and we decide to check to see if the place is still there, and now the price is lower...something a little more affordable for us. We decide we better go out and at least take a look at the place or we will regret it.

The drive is around 30 Minutes out of the city, right on the edge of how far we are willing to drive to work each day, when we pulled up I think we both instantly knew that we had to have this place. Little did we know this was the beginning of a series of unfortunate events leading to us finally purchasing the farm and making us decide to start a blog so that others can either laugh at us, or find some useful information as we go through buying, moving, learning how to run a 67 Acre Hobby Farm.

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