I am curious as to what all is going to come up out where the big thinning project took place last summer. I am almost done with the two acre thinning that I'm doing on my own. It's open burning season starting tomorrow, but there is so much snow on the piles, that there's no way to burn them yet. I have just a few trees left to cut in the dairy pasture, then that will be done. I'm waiting for the snow to fall out of the trees now so I don't get covered in it when I cut them down. ☺
I am having an issue with the neighbor dogs coming up here almost every day. They either climb over the fence, or dig under it and I am really getting tired of them coming up here! My dogs aren't getting out, and I really do not like other people's dogs coming here. I have repeatedly told them to keep their dogs home, I don't want them up here, but they aren't doing too much to keep them home. They claim that they can't keep them home, they dig under, jump, or climb their fences, too. To me, that means the dogs aren't happy if they continually leave their own home and come over here. Maybe they should get rid of a couple of them. They have 4 dogs. This has been going on for almost a year. The dogs aren't chasing any of my goats or anything, so I can't legally shoot them, they are just using this place as a bathroom and getting into everything. One of the absolute dumbest things I ever did was tell them Sam had some siblings. They got Sam's sister, so that adds to the problem. The two dogs want to play together. Sam is a good boy and doesn't climb or jump fences, but his sister does. She is getting as sneaky as their blue heeler dog, who comes up here, too. As soon as I open the door, they take off for home again, so they know they aren't supposed to be up here. That also means I can't catch them to take them to the pound either. I'm going to call the animal control guy here soon. I'm done giving them leeway to fix the problem. They obviously aren't thinking I will really do anything, so it's time to really do something. I've given them plenty of warnings, I've even lost my temper and yelled over the phone at them, with a few choice words, to keep their dogs home. The other neighbors up here keep their dogs at home. They have escaped a couple of times, but they don't continually come here. They don't go over or through the fence, so they aren't bothering me. I have this place completely enclosed, the driveway gate is even closed all the time, so there is absolutely no excuse for any dog coming here. Now I've written about this publicly so there is a record of it. It's most maddening, to say the least.
On to happier subjects... The chickens are finally laying a good amount of eggs again! Now I have enough to sell, or take to the food bank for them to distribute. I'm thinking I'm going to get some turkeys to raise this year. We used to do that for years until I got the dehairing machine and didn't have time to take care of everything around here. I miss homegrown turkey at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Any other time, for that matter. Even the organic store bought turkeys aren't as good as the ones we grew. Plus, I have customers that are really wanting me to get back into growing them again. They miss them, too. :-)
Well, it's time to go out and do the evening chores already. Even though I didn't do a whole lot today, the day went by pretty fast.
Spring is coming, it really is, someday, somewhere...... ☺☺
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