trees

I am going to Nickolson , GA today to help sell Christmas trees. Stop in and see me today. I will be at the 7 G's Farm.

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Life on the farm

Out in the world of blue skies and sunshine I work on our farm. This week I got a new tiller for my garden. Not just any old tiller but one that gets pulled by another machine not pushed by me! This is a great improvement! Every year it takes me close to a month to get my garden all tilled up with my walk behind tiller. In addition to that I get real sore and hurting. I tilled my garden in one day!!! I borrowed a four wheeler because our tractor is too high for the tiller. Next year I will have a bar to lower the connection on the tractor so I can use it instead. Last night Brook and I planted part of the garden. We put in 48 tomato plants and 23 bell pepper plants. In my small garden I have 16 broccoli plants and 16 Brussels sprout plants. I also have several heads of romaine lettuce. I have some jalapeno plants to go in the small garden also. This morning it rained on the garden and that is the best watering a plant can have.
Another thing I have been doing all week is mowing the fields. Monday I got the front section mowed, Tuesday I mowed the front field where the barn is, Wednesday I mowed the section next to the garden and this morning I mowed part of the lower back field. This section did not get mowed good last year and it has small trees and Brier bushes growing in it. This is a hard section to mow if it has rained because it is lower than the rest of the field. Years ago back in the early days, someone used to use our field for a landing strip so the middle gets boggy when it rains. Unfortunately I did not get to finish the mowing. My battery went dead on the tractor. I tested the alternator and it is putting out so I must have a bad wire somewhere and the battery is not charging. Yes, I do know how to do things like test alternators. As a necessary thing, I learned how to do a lot of things. It is called survival.

Just some stuff

Today has been a day! Vistors today that would not leave. You know, the kind that eats ans eats and then poops all over? Three ladies today that had no respect for their presence on someone else place! They decided to have a picnic in my back yard.

Today was also garden day. I got started in my small garden. It is about 20 feet by 5 feet. My granddaughter Brook helped me get started on the tilling. I was so glad that it only took about 5 minutes of pulling the cord to get it started. My plants are ready for the ground. Now all I have to do is finish the ground!

That's it for now. See yall later.

update on Baby

Today Baby found a hole in the fence and got out. Twice I had to get her back in. I have the fence repaired for now. Hopefully this behavior will stop. I cannot have a calf that is getting out. More than likely Crystal chased her and she found it. The horse still have not left the front pasture. Normally they leave in the morning and return to be feed then head back to the back again. Ever since Baby has been out they are staying put! They will get hungry! There is more to eat in the back.

Baby

Yesterday was a big day. I let Baby out of the barn into the field with the horses and the goat. Everything was going great. baby walked up to Precious and started eating from her hay pile and Precious let her! I was surprised. Next thing I know a red bomb blasted out of the barn headed towards Baby! Crystal had spotted Baby and was determined to get to her! She managed to get a kick in on the little one but not serious. baby was scared and ran. Well all the excitement got Precious running and off to the races we went. Unfortunately for Baby, Crystal was determined to get her. After a couple of hours of cutting the horses off from Baby and trying to get her back in the barn I gave up. The horses finally left Baby alone and baby was happy. EXCEPT for a black dog! Pup decided that Baby needed barking at. LOL it was funny. Baby would charge Pup. Pup was not being mean, his tail was wagging. They had met several times in the barn. I would let Pup come in with me when I would feed Baby.

Anyway I kept checking on Baby and she seemed to be okay. I was worried about her staying out all night. We do have coyotes around here and they will bring down a baby calf. I checked on her around midnight just to make sure. She was hunkered down in the brush next to the creekbank. This morning I got up early and went out to check on her. Pat feed the horses and i took baby a bucket of grain. She would not let me come up to her so I set it down about 10 feet away and walked off. After I got about 30 feet from her she started eating. I worried about that baby all day. I kept checking on her to make sure she was okay. She grazed along the fenceline all day. The horses never left the front pasture today. LOL they always head out to the back after feeding but not today.