Archive for June, 2006
June 30, 2006 – Martin/Daddy Matching Tractors!
Today is Martin’s 5th birthday. Many of his loved ones went together to get him a battery-powered scoop tractor, just like dad’s!
He’s having great fun helping around the farm – moving mulch, carrying tools, straw, or whatever else needs to be hauled.
He has not yet mastered the art of backing up with a trailer ...Read more.
June 29, 2006 – Thingamajig Thursday #30
Here’s this week’s “Thingamajig Thursday” entry. Also check out
last week’s answer.
As always, put your guess in a comment below.
The answer is…
These are ground corn cobs – great for animal bedding.
June 30, 2006 – Photo Friday “Happiness is…”
This week’s Photo Friday Contest theme is “Happiness is…” Here is my entry.
What’s more delightful for a three year old to “drive” dad’s tractor!
June 28, 2006 – Grain Grinder
A few years back I bought this grain grinder on E-bay.
It works great for small quantities and grinds a range from coarse to flour. We use it occasionally, like today when we need some creep feed for our bottle lambs and all the feed in the farm store was laced with anti-biotics. So, ...Read more.
June 27, 2006 – Early Summer Garden/Musings
It’s now officially early summer. Here’s a view at some of the garden.
It’s much easier to focus on what’s going wrong or not according to some plan, so today, I celebrate the things that are on track.
I suppose we’ve all got those mental lists of things to do – fix that, organize those photos, clean ...Read more.
June 26, 2006 – Flowerama
It’s time to let some of the flowers in bloom at High Hopes speak for me today.
June 25, 2006 – Jammin’
Today was a jammin’ day. We made a bunch o’ jam yesterday and today.
We made strawberry, strawberry-rhubarb, and cherry. All day the rain danced around us – there was enough to make puddles in Melbourne (3 miles away) it rained in Marshalltown for a few hours (12 miles away) and we didn’t get any ...Read more.
June 24, 2006 – We Saw Rain!
We went to Des Moines this afternoon and drove through sheets of driving rain. However, the rain at our place is more like the desert “1 inch rainfall” – drops 1 inch apart.
Here’s the view of the day’s heaviest rainfall – the drops evaporate before they can wash the dust off the back window ...Read more.
June 23, 2006 – StoryCorps
Perhaps some have you have heard about StoryCorps, the oral history project modeled after the WPA oral histories of the 1930s. There are two mobile recording studios that travel the country, and Ames, Ia is one of the stops. A friend alerted us to the stop is Ames, as I never imagined it would ...Read more.
June 22, 2006 – Thingamajig Thursday #29
Here’s this week’s “Thingamajig Thursday” entry. Also check out
last week’s answer.
As always, put your guess in a comment below.
Answer…
An old pulley from the barn (probably used to help move hay into the loft).
June 21, 2006 – Longest Day of the Year
Well, it’s over now – from here on in the days get shorter! Neighbors had a summer solstice gathering with potluck, fire, singing and everybody was invited to share a piece of poetry or other thought.
I’m hoping to save a bunch of time on wood chips this year. Rather than driving to pick up and ...Read more.
June 20, 2006 – Shh, Don’t Tell the Chickens it’s Not Raining!
I found a new way to convince the chickens to go inside the night-time shelter other than shooing by hand or with sticks – virtual thunderstorms!
I just spray the hose into the air and as the “rain” comes down, they scurry into the shelter. No more convincing chickens it’s time to go ...Read more.
June 19, 2006 – Summer Fencing
Today was a day for some fencing configuration. First we put up the portable electric netting fencing.
Martin is hauling over the “power posts” for the netting. You can see it is all laid out, the path is mowed, and today’s good fortune was that the 164 foot length was about perfect from the ...Read more.
June 18, 2006 – Cherries are In!
Even though the strawberries are still coming in, the cherries have arrived.
Linda picked them to make her favorite jam – cherry jam. Today to celebrate Father’s Day we went to Ledges State Park – a place we used to hang out when we lived in Ames. I didn’t have my camera so no ...Read more.
