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How to put a round hay bale into the feeder

2/26/2011

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It sounds simple enough.  Let's break it down.

Step 1: Open the gate and try to herd goats into the farthest corner of their yard and then distract them while one person opens the feeder and directs the tractor operator.

Step 2: Watch in horror while one stray baby goat runs UNDERNEATH the tractor that is delivering the bale.  Gesture frantically.  Consider vomiting.  Squeeze eyes shut so as not to witness the carnage that is about to ensue.  Heave a sigh of relief when baby goat outruns the tractor and finds mama.

Step 3: Cast nervous glances over your shoulder at the progress with the bale while still trying to distract goats who, at this point, are getting wise to your game.
  Remind your helpers that they're not here to monkey around or throw snowballs at each other.  Focus, people!

Step 4: Sensing that the goats are about to mutiny, stare at the tractor operator and will him to work faster.  Heave another sigh of relief when, just like that, the bale is placed and the feeder is secure.  Watch the tractor leave the yard and close the gate. Let the goats do what they want.

Step 5: Walk away nonchalantly.  What, me worry?
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You should enter this contest

2/21/2011

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This is going to be a quickie.  I want you to check out the contest from Saving Dinner for a Hamilton Beach slow cooker.  It ends tomorrow, so you have to be quick about it.  They're giving away 3 free slow cookers, and so far only one person has qualified. 

I'm going to be honest, clicking on the link also helps my chances in the contest.  So even if you're not all that interested in getting enough points to win, please consider clicking the link and entering anyway.  You'd be my best friend forever.

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Words are overrated

2/10/2011

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But I have some photos to share, for what it's worth.  Winter is rough stuff, but it helps a whole bunch to share days with the most adorable baby the world has ever known.  But first, the annual Romeo kid photo, Christmas 2010 edition.
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In other news, the chickens are starting to pick up their egg production a little, despite the snow and cold.  I take that as a positive sign of imminent spring, and you should, too.  Finding the eggs that they lay can be a bit of an adventure, though, since some of them like to build nests in the big hay bales that we feed the goats.  It's like an Easter egg hunt every day, only without the candy.

Perhaps the surest sign of spring is the seed catalogs that have started to arrive almost daily in our mailbox.

Finally, this little video/photo montage of Ariel singing and strumming on the mandolin is NOT a sign of spring; it's just adorable, and I hope it will cheer you up some if you need cheering.  And if you don't need cheering, I admire your optimism.
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    Who's that?

    Much of the blame belongs to me,  Alison.  I am:  Wife to 1 man, Mom to 10 kids, and Farmer to a great many critters.

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