Devonviolet Acres

Excitement off the farm!

DH was outside this afternoon and came running up to the house, telling me there was a fire. I started to call 911, but he said someone else had already done that.

It turned out the wife of the farmer, that leases the land next to us, was baling round bales and the baler caught fire! She detached the tractor, from the baler, and drove about 200 feet from it.

When I went outside, it was smoking with just a little fire peeking through the cracks.



As we stood there waiting for the volunteer fire department to arrive, the fire took off.

The big box thing at the top fell off and more black smoke poured out, as we heard loud popping sounds within the baler and watched the tires burn. I was grateful that the wind was blowing the smoke away from us. This shot shows that the grass had caught fire.


The thick black smoke turned lighter, as the hay in the baler burned, and the hay on the ground continued to burn.

This was a good test to let us know how long it takes the volunteer fire department to get here - approximately 20 minutes. Not bad I guess, considering we are out in the middle of nowhere and the volunteer firemen are all farmers. I just hope a fire doesn't get out of control by then.

All turned out in the end. The fire was extinguished and the baler was covered by insurance.

Yikes! That's scary! Glad everyone is okay!!

BlessedWithGoats said:

Yikes! That's scary! Glad everyone is okay!!

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YES! I was glad she dialed 911! Her hubby told her to "just let it burn, we have insurance. What if the hay on the ground caught fire and headed toward our house?!?! I saw an out of control grass fire once. It moves FAST!

That would have been even more scary!! Glad it didn't catch fire though!!

Thank goodness the wind was blowing away from you!

@BlessedWithGoats, on Callie & Pups, you said you would like to see pics of my Maremma pups. We have been really busy lately, so I haven't been taking a lot of photos.

Here are a couple that I took when they were 5 months old . The first one is Violet and The 2ND one, by the gate is Deo. In these shots they still have their puppy fluffy fur. I've been noticing lately that they have fur that is like adult fur. It's getting linger with a pretty wave to It. We try to spend a few minutes every day, grooming them, to get some of their thick, Winter undercoats off them. They are already starting to show signs of being affected by the warmer temps, which are in the 70s to 80s.





We are trying to finished our 8X16' chicken run before it rains, and then it is supposed to rain through the weekend. Once it dries out a bit, and the mud sloughs off their fur, I will try to get some more current photos.

Aww! Very cute!! Thanks for sharing these photos!!

I just realized... I have a rabbit named Violet!

BlessedWithGoats said:

I just realized... I have a rabbit named Violet!

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Cool! We call her Violet (My favorite flower), which is short for Violetta. Deo is short for Amadeo - which in Italian means loves God. The Maremma breed is from Italy, originally. Violet and Deo's father was imported from Italy (of champion stock), as a puppy. On their mother's side, her father was imported from Italy. So, I thought it appropriate to give them Italian names.

Yesterday I took my camera out and got some current photos of Violet and Deo.

Both of them - Violet is on the left.


Violet


Deo


Violet


Deo

Wow- they sure are getting big- looks like they were enjoying the attention!