Nancy and Karl sold a couple cows so they left yesterday to deliver them. They left us in charge of running the farm for the last couple days. We got the animals fed and today we did some more work on the chicken coop we’re building. The Falsters returned today. It’s sure good to have them back and in charge! Continue reading
Today was Farmer’s Market day in downtown Winnsboro. Yesterday Karl got kind of crushed by a cow so he had a doctor’s appointment this morning and couldn’t go with Nancy. She herself wasn’t feeling up to snuff, so I offered to go with her and help. There were only about five tables in this Farmer’s Market and not too many people came through so I had a chance to see all the tables and visit with the vendors. Part way through the morning Karl stopped by on his way to the doctor and left Stewart with us. Here is what I saw today: Continue reading
Last night before Mark and I went to bed we noticed that our electricity wasn’t working. This morning Mark fired up the generator. He tried checking our fuse box and everything, but couldn’t find what the problem was. I went out to feed the pigs and saw Karl already in the barn. When he found out we didn’t have electricity he went to look at our situation with Mark and discovered that the problem was in the electricity coming from the cabin where we’re hooked up. Continue reading
This morning after a breakfast of garbanzo bean and coconut flour pancakes and home made sausage and raw milk at the house, Mark and I got the RV and car moved. We had to leave the car in the pasture with Folger (the horse). It was hard enough as it was to get the RV in behind the guest house and get it plugged in. Continue reading
On our last day of work, as we were driving away, Mark and I had an impulse to stop at the beet pile where we almost got smished by the boom and toss our helmets as high as we could. It was like tossing your graduation cap after spending several years of hard study. It was like saying, “We were here!” Continue reading
My friend Cindy sent the pictures from our last day. I thought I’d juxtapose a couple first day pictures with a couple last day pictures: Continue reading
Today was our last day of work!!! So few farms were bringing beets in that Todd asked if there were any volunteers who would like to be done today. Mark and I were the first to respond. We volunteered yesterday, so today we were counting the hours. We don’t have to set the alarm for 5:00 tomorrow. Yay! Continue reading
This morning when we arrived at work at 6:30, we learned that our piler was down. There is something called a Lovejoy on it which sounds like it should be a wonderful thing, but that’s what was broken. While the mechanic worked on it we cleaned the piler and greased it until there wasn’t really anything more we could find to do on it, so we went to our cars and waited…and waited…and waited. Continue reading
This is a question for my female readers: Do you ever feel like when you tell a man you’re concerned about something, he pats your head and says, “There, there! Nothing to worry your pretty little head about?” Continue reading
Today the ladies saved the day! Continue reading