Sunday, May 8, 2011

May 2-9


Disking with the Oliver, we bought a 14ft disk last fall. Its heavier and does a better job chopping up the soil than our small disk.


Plants in the greenhouse are coming along. Last year the lettuce was ready the last week of April. Its been a cooler spring this year though.


Grain drill #3 is finally functional. It had been sitting outside for 25 years and needed a lot of work.


Some barley seed was left in the seed boxes and caused the metal to rust. So I gave it a coat of paint.

On the older John Deere Drills I've seen the support straps between the seed boxes and the frame break. I was able to reinforce and weld them back together.


On Friday one of our sows farrowed, we ended up with eight live piglets. There were four still births which is a bit high.

The sheep got their annual haircut a couple days ago.


Plus a manicure (hoof trimming).


Napoleon in his summer coat.





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