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
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 sheepIn 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
