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Patching the Pasture

Last fall’s mild weather allowed our cows to stay outside much longer than usual (into mid-November) but that took its toll on the pasture we were feeding them in. We’ve been working this spring to repair and reseed the heavily used area where the cows ate silage from hay rings. We first [...]

Installing a new gutter chain

After 19 years of heavy work, the metal in our old gutter chain was wearing dangerously thin in places.  We ordered a new one from Ingraham Equipment over the summer and it recently arrived.   We installed it during harvest break, when our nephews Chase and Hunter were available to help.   It took 3 hours from [...]

New cement…

We were sitting in front of the milk house drinking coffee after chores one morning, looking at the hole under the manure stacker and thinking it was about that time of year again when we would need to have a few loads of gravel hauled in to level it up.  Too bad we have to [...]