Sunday was the 3rd official day we worked on the barn. Didn't get any pictures taken but got alot done. We are working on the roof and did alot of cutting while we had the generator rented from Home Depot. We started putting up the roof and by next weekend should be ready to put the metal roof on. Alex's prom is next Saturday so we can only work on the farm for a short time so we can get back to take pictures.
This past Saturday we spent the first half of the day at our friend Susan's farm for sheep shearing. There were about 50 sheep to be sheared and by the time we left at 12:30pm, about 16 had been done. Our job was to pick up the wool after it was sheared (it's like a big blanket), take off as much of the crud as possible and bag it. Each bag was marked as to the breed of sheep, sex of sheep, color, strength of wool and feel. I got to bottle feed one of the newborn lambs too. I can't wait to have sheep on our farm but I think we will start out with maybe 5 sheep. The goats are so cute too....one of the baby goats didn't make it but the other one was doing fine and running around the field.
Our two dogs had a busy day on the farm Sunday. Nugget (labradoodle) decided to stick his nose inside the bee hive and he paid the price. Apparently, rolling around in the dirt and rubbing your nose in the dirt helps to lesson the pain of a bee sting. He did it again later in the afternoon and this time, he jumped in the pond and stuck his head under the water to ease the pain of the sting. Poor Teddy had a bee get stuck in his thick leg hair and before we could dislodge the bee, it gave him a good sting.
The dogs also found a frog and played with it before it had a stroke or heart attack and died. I buried the frog to keep the dogs from eating it. They did lick it and came back with a bad taste in their mouth. Teddy also brought us a lovely dead baby skunk. Luckily the stink was all gone from it. We bagged it up and hopefully the Memphis trash truck is carrying it away today.
The bees seem very happy in their new hive. Cris checked the new racks we put in last week and the bees have already started putting alot of honey combs on them. They are really very busy bees. These bees seem very easy to work with. Cris just smokes them alittle and they don't bother him at all.
Tuesday we meet with the county extension agency to take a look at the farm and they will let us know what gov't grants we can get. I'm hoping for the hoop house grant, fencing grant, cover crop seed grant and the well grant.
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