Monthly Archives: August 2014

Really Bad Karma

Posted on August 31, 2014 by farm2011

Today we had really bad luck or how I like to put it ‘really bad karma’.  This was not a fun day. Sounds kind of bad doesn’t it? Well let’s do a recap of what happened. The morning started out with … Continue reading →

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We worked hard today!

Posted on August 30, 2014 by farm2011

You know when you wake up and you just know that you’re going to get a lot done today? Well that’s how I felt this morning. I knew that I wanted to can the tomatoes and also help Daryl with … Continue reading →

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Tomatoes

Posted on August 29, 2014 by farm2011

I’ve come to the realize that my garden is junk again this year. Yup, I’m not very successful with raising any type of vegetable this year at all!! So instead of sitting around and getting mad about it, my plan is … Continue reading →

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Kyle’s Golden Birthday

Posted on August 28, 2014 by farm2011

Now the boys think that I made this whole ‘Golden Birthday’ thing up – but I’m pretty sure that I didn’t. And with today being Kyle’s Golden Birthday it’s just a good reason to kick it up a notch right? … Continue reading →

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Can you guess what this is?

Posted on August 27, 2014 by farm2011

Tonight’s post is a challenge post. I took a picture of something on the farm and see if you can guess what it is. I’ll give the answer in tomorrow’s post. Here’s the picture:

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Working on the shed this week

Posted on August 26, 2014 by farm2011

Daryl and I have been working every night on our cattle shed this week and if I must say so myself – it’s looking pretty darn good. I usually do the measuring on the bottom part of the tin by the … Continue reading →

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Here we go again.

Posted on August 24, 2014 by farm2011

I have absolutely no idea what’s going on with our cats. I mean, in the past if we had one that actually lived past the first couple of weeks, we literally thought we won the lottery or something. We’d just … Continue reading →

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Check it out… it Rained!

Posted on August 23, 2014 by farm2011

We woke up this morning to a really good sound. The sound was thunder that we could hear in the distance. Now you wouldn’t really think that this would be like ‘the news of the day’ but in August when … Continue reading →

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Zombie Burgers

Posted on August 22, 2014 by farm2011

We knew that we’d have some free time tonight and William needed some other stuff brought down to his apartment, so we packed the car and headed to Ames after work. With the cows, chickens, and baby kitties all fed … Continue reading →

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Baking good things

Posted on August 21, 2014 by farm2011

I went and did errands tonight and ended up by the grocery store. Now normally I’m never in town when they have the Farmer’s Market, but tonight luck was on my side. The market is set up right in the … Continue reading →

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