Promise Acre: Our Journey

[promiseacres]

Baled the hay, 76 bales off of our acre of yard.

 

[Baymule]

My yard is sand and dust with some weeds the sheep like.

 

[promiseacres]

My yard is sand and dust with some weeds the sheep like.

Yeah but you don't have winters like we do... so it's all good

 

[Baymule]

You can keep your winters!! I'll happily keep my hot summers!

 

[greybeard]

I think I waited a bit long to mow my yard too......

(got most of it today tho..not sure why my phone has decided to start taking tinted pictures)

 

[promiseacres]

Spent our afternoon at the farm yesterday, found and pulled several fence posts and prepping a path through the Giant ragweed so we can get the hay equipment out to the good grass. Lots of Rye grass to make into hay. Hoping and praying we found all the posts.Of course the old Allis wouldn't start so couldn't use the bush hog... but the JD took the weeds on.... Earlier this week I spent a few hours cleaning up and ALL the jars of canned goods are gone!!! The well guy and saw our well head and I will call him again today now that the underground wires are marked so that can get fixed. Our 4H fair starts Saturday. After that is done our goal include really working out at the farm. Can't wait to getter done.

 

[promiseacres]

So the well is fixed. It tests high for sulfur which we expected.... so the well guys are getting some recommendations on treatment systems. If it wasn't very deep we were going to consider a new one... but at 98' it should be in good water from what the neighbors tell us. It's also treated for the bacteria. I ran all the lines... some were quite nasty....
DH then cut the old cow pasture... got about half of it done... we'll leave the rest for another week. The mower got tore up of course, we found 3 fence posts we missed on the line, then random wooden posts and cow feeder parts. But it's all good and fixable. DH says he's never broke the guards on the mower. We left the big patches of weeds, Giant ragweed and canadian thistle to be bush hogged.

 

[Mike CHS]

The first few times cutting unfamiliar pasture can be interesting to say the least. I lost track of how many cinder blocks, pieces of rebar and even car gas tanks got found by my tractor or mower.

 

[Bruce]

I ran all the lines... some were quite nasty....

Understatement of the year!!

 

[CntryBoy777]

One thing is for sure......it will definitely get Better!!....the more the "pieces" come together for ya....the more ya can see a "path" forward.....what has really given us fits is having to search, find, and create a "new routine".....ya are having to set things up, to find out That spot isn't where it needs to be....I can't tell ya how many times Joyce has rearranged furniture....heck, I'm always walking into a "new room".....