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Ridgetop
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Spent yesterday packing. BUT FIRST had to get the summer clothes out of storage and put the winter clothes away in the boxes. Then packed the large suitcase for a 3 week trip, along with birthday gifts and baby gift.
Today Baymule arrived early. We walked out to the pasture and admired DS1's electric fence, dog pass through, and the tub/sweep sorter. We got Ozel to go through the V gate. Then we headed to Yantis for the Texas Grazing Land Coalition meeting and talks by TX Parks & Wildlife, USDA NRCS, and several other people. Very interesting talks about how to turn your hayfields into native pasture. The TX Parks & Widlife do a lot of this if you sign up. It keeps your land out of grazing or planting for 3 years, but the benefits of the nature pasture are incredible. We saw the charts of protein in various native forbs. We also got gifts of fabulous books about native plants, etc. and other swag. Then after a walk through the pastures which were completely reseeded with native forbs and grasses, we had a fantastic BBQ rib eye lunch! Learned about burning a field in a controlled burn and what it would do for the soil and regrowth. Apparently if you reseed with native forbs and grasses you shouldn't fertiize since the native forbs don't like heavy fertilizing. There is also tremendous benefit with the pollenating insects that are attracted.
The meeting ended at 3 pm and we came home where I immediately did a load of clothes to pack more items for our trip. Got to go fold them now. Tomorrow I will strip the bedding anThen DS1 has topack and drive back to California for his visit with Elizabeth who has d put on clean sheets. Then we have to sort out the 12 ewes that will go in for breeding, give them selenium shots, check feet, and worm. They will go into the new electric fenced pasture with Rommel. DS1 will put on the breeding harness and crayon and move Rommel over to that pasture while DH goes to the vet for stitch removal. He had another biopsy done on his face last week and it is positive for basal cell so another MOHS surgery when we get back. The VA has to get approval for the MOHS surgery which will take a couple weeks. They will call me and I will schedule it for when we return. After the stitches come out in Greenville we have to go to Rockwall to Costco. DD2 will meet us there with a suitcase of clothes for GD Maysie. Maysie and Elizabeth will be traveling back with us.
We will be gone about 3 weeks. When we return we have to go through the remaining ewes, shear those with Mohawks (most have almost shed clean), check hooves, and check condition for the next group of breeding ewes. Then I have to decide who goes to which ram. When we get back DS1 wil be packing for his trip to California. He will take Elizabeth back with him since she has to be back by July 2 for summer Scout camp.
Today Baymule arrived early. We walked out to the pasture and admired DS1's electric fence, dog pass through, and the tub/sweep sorter. We got Ozel to go through the V gate. Then we headed to Yantis for the Texas Grazing Land Coalition meeting and talks by TX Parks & Wildlife, USDA NRCS, and several other people. Very interesting talks about how to turn your hayfields into native pasture. The TX Parks & Widlife do a lot of this if you sign up. It keeps your land out of grazing or planting for 3 years, but the benefits of the nature pasture are incredible. We saw the charts of protein in various native forbs. We also got gifts of fabulous books about native plants, etc. and other swag. Then after a walk through the pastures which were completely reseeded with native forbs and grasses, we had a fantastic BBQ rib eye lunch! Learned about burning a field in a controlled burn and what it would do for the soil and regrowth. Apparently if you reseed with native forbs and grasses you shouldn't fertiize since the native forbs don't like heavy fertilizing. There is also tremendous benefit with the pollenating insects that are attracted.
The meeting ended at 3 pm and we came home where I immediately did a load of clothes to pack more items for our trip. Got to go fold them now. Tomorrow I will strip the bedding anThen DS1 has topack and drive back to California for his visit with Elizabeth who has d put on clean sheets. Then we have to sort out the 12 ewes that will go in for breeding, give them selenium shots, check feet, and worm. They will go into the new electric fenced pasture with Rommel. DS1 will put on the breeding harness and crayon and move Rommel over to that pasture while DH goes to the vet for stitch removal. He had another biopsy done on his face last week and it is positive for basal cell so another MOHS surgery when we get back. The VA has to get approval for the MOHS surgery which will take a couple weeks. They will call me and I will schedule it for when we return. After the stitches come out in Greenville we have to go to Rockwall to Costco. DD2 will meet us there with a suitcase of clothes for GD Maysie. Maysie and Elizabeth will be traveling back with us.
We will be gone about 3 weeks. When we return we have to go through the remaining ewes, shear those with Mohawks (most have almost shed clean), check hooves, and check condition for the next group of breeding ewes. Then I have to decide who goes to which ram. When we get back DS1 wil be packing for his trip to California. He will take Elizabeth back with him since she has to be back by July 2 for summer Scout camp.
