Pasture Rotation: Moved 'em to the Winter Pasture.

Or, How not to adjust Electric Fence!

We spent most of Saturday morning setting up the electric fence so we could move the cows over to the winter pasture, it was a shocking experience, to say the least! We set T-Posts every 20 feet with a rebar post every 10 feet in between just to keep the line from sagging, this works out pretty good. Once the post were in we string the wire, mark with flags, make sure your not shorted out and then turn her on and Bingo, electric fence!
Then, for me at least, the fun began. I was to lazy to walk over and unplug the fence charger that was only 40 or so feet away,worse yet my mom was right next to it and asked me if I wanted to turn it off! So I start adjusting the height......zapppp!!! It got me , not to bad, just through my gloves that were wet with a little perspiration , so I shrugged that one off , rubbed some dirt on it and continued adjusting. At this point you might think a grown man of forty some odd years would smarten up a little and go unplug the fence charger, nope, that ain't the way it went down. That aforementioned fella kept on adjusting that fence, and getting buzzed a total of two more times before he asked for some help and had mom shut the power down on that infernal contraption, That last shock almost took my shoulder out of socket trying to turn loose of that damned wire!! It was a real fun time!!
So for all you would be electric fence builders, make sure you turn off the juice before you do any "on the fly" repairs...just fyi !!

p.s. photo's later , when my fingers get the feeling back in them!

Bull On the Back Porch

So I get home from work and what do I find?? A bull on my back porch! He's just standing there like he's waiting for a hand out from the kitchen or somethin'. Oh well , you live in the country and stuff like this is bound to happen. I'm just glad he wasn't one of the rodeo bulls that one of our distant neighbors raise, that coulda been ugly.

It turns out he was our neighbor's from down the end of the road, His name is Daddy-O he he followed him home like a lost dog, even broke into a trot once he got pointed in the right direction!

Oh the country life!!


Daddy-O

Good Day For A Fire

Our hay guy cleared our back pasture about two years ago, we just got around to burning the gigantic pile of debris that he stacked up. It sat out there so long due to the massive drought we have had for the last year or so, I was afraid to touch that pile off in case we set the whole county on fire.
After the rain we have had in the last few month I figured it would be safe, and so far so good!!
Its been burning a couple days , mind you this pile was about fifteen feet tall by 20 feet wide, so if it would have really gone up it would have been a mess. And of course I forgot the camera until the very end. But I did get a pic of the column of smoke... enjoy!! hehehe

Veterans Day 2009

In Memory of the 13 brave souls killed, at Ft, Hood Texas.
Thank you for your service!

To those injured and your families, we wish you speedy recovery,
and we thank you for your continued service.

To the rest of you Devil Dogs, G.I.'s, Fly Boys, Swabbies, and Coasties
serving now or who have ever served THANK YOU !!! From one vet to you all,
And from my family to yours, Come back safe!!!


Your Service is Not Forgotten