Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

It has sure come a really long way from that....it speaks to all the Hard work y'all have done there...and it screams Progress!!

But we can look at those fields of saplings, debris, trash and briars and envision fields of lush green...

Baymule said:

But we can look at those fields of saplings, debris, trash and briars and envision fields of lush green...

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Yes "We" can

Umm, not me. I don't want to. It is beautiful that way too!
I envision "goat haven!" Yep, goats would be living the life with that!

Of course all the work you've done is amazing and yes, it is beautiful now too with those pastures.

I am looking at the 16 acres on the other side of my land and wondering how long it would take the goats to clear it? Pastures are pretty, but not to my goats, the rougher the better. Thing is I am not sure I would ever get 16 acres fenced.

We ran fence again and only have two 80' sections to do next week along with the two gate openings. We probably could have ran one of the sections today but I decided I need a gate opening that I had not planned on so that will get done next week. I've been having some shoulder issues so it's probably a good time to take a few days off as we head to South Carolina tomorrow for the weekend.

I had an odd thing happen this morning. We laid out the wire yesterday for a run that used 220' of wire leaving me with 110' of fence to finish up the next 80' leg and should have left me with 30' left over. I wound up 15' short after laying out the wire. No big deal since I had plenty of wire that I crimped to the fence for what I needed but I thought it inconvenient that my 330' roll of wire was 45' short of 330'.

After tonight we probably won't be on for a few days but wishing everyone a happy weekend.

Have a safe trip and an Enjoyable time....check the air in the Spare and take a real jack with ya....

CntryBoy777 said:

Have a safe trip and an Enjoyable time....check the air in the Spare and take a real jack with ya....

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We do have a real jack and had the oil and tires did today.

Bruce said:

Yep, gloves are a pain and a hindrance and no gloves yield pain and lack of feeling is a hindrance. Lose - lose

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As I recently saw someone post elsewhere.."Farming & ranching ain't for wimps".

Been doing some fencing myself:

Mike CHS said:

I guess one of the reasons I want it all usable pasture is that I come down the driveway and as good as it looks, I still see it like it was when we first bought it. I want to get this vision gone for good. This is how it was when we bought our place.

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No, you don't want that vision gone from your mind. Once it's gone, so is what it took for you to build a new version of it. Anyone with a half good credit rating and a down payment can buy a finished, ready-to-stock place. The day will come when you are going to sit back, look at your accomplishment and you'll want the memory of what it was, to gauge what you and your family went thru to build it.

One of the problems this nation has developed in the last few decades, is that non-ag people drive down the back roads, see a nice place and have no idea what it took to acquire it, improve it, and maintain it. You do, and always will as long as you can remember what you started with..and, a vision for the future and an appetite for hard work and perseverance. Don't lose any of that.

Enjoy your trip, be safe.