Friday, November 12, 2010

Gurney, June & Mae / Kansas Farm Life / Midwest Small Farming

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Gurney, June and Mae our wonderful cows, all will have calves in the dead of winter. 

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Moonlight, the Jersey bull, was only 12months old when he began his romance with our girls and now we are looking toward a calving round up in two or three feet of snow.  You might say “ What a bull!,” or you might say, “ How could you leave him alone with those cows?” How ever you look at it, we’re in for a interesting winter.  Oh the extra milk!

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Wednesday, November 10, 2010

WINTER IS COMING SOON / Kansas Farm Life / Midwest Small Farming

Winter is coming soon!  The weather is really nice now but the scent of winter is approaching, you can feel it as the wind touches everything and the grasses turn brown. 

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Here in Kansas we have distinct seasons. Fall is in full bloom, leaves changed to red and gold and are falling off the trees and the mornings are chilly. 

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“US Fall 2010”

I brought in the last peppers and tomatoes from the garden before the hard frost. I put three tomato plant in pots to set in the living room at the windows facing south, in hopes that I’ll receive a fresh tomato in winter.

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There is so much yet to do before the snow flies.  I painted all three decks all by myself, haha.  They look really good but I’ll have to repaint next year I suspect.  We’ll have to cover the windows on the chicken houses soon and cut more wood for the fire place.  We need gravel for the driveway and to go behind the house so we can get out after a heavy snow.

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