Wednesday I got alot accomplished. The electric fence is up and hot. Here is the tally of fence testing I witnessed as I went to work on the garden fence:
Dolly: O (I had 4 posts up and she just 'walked it' like I had it all up already!)
Nessa: 1
Whitey: 1
Blacky: 4
Ok, you'd of thought the black steer would of figured out the fence 'bites' after shock one or even two--or the third time. Noooooo, he'd go by it and test it (with is nose of course) and ended up doing it 4 times throughout the afternoon. (Slow learner I guess!) He'd sniff it, get shocked, beller "moooooo!" and run off bucking into the shed. (Like it was "homebase" or some kind of "safer" area!) Everyone was skittish at their PM feed, like anything that moved was going to 'get' them!
So the electric fence is up, and Pat put the T-posts in around the garden Monday and Tuesday for me while I was at work. I got the cattle panels placed, but not secured yet since we're not sure where we want the gate to go. The hard parts are more or less done--yippee!
I also deep-cleaned the cows' tank and took the heater out. I got it moved next to the fence and filled. I went to check for leaks and realized I'd only hand-tightened the plug, and of course it had a slow drip. Last time I had a slow drip, overnight it emptied itself. Aaaargh!!! I tried to reach through the fence and that didn't work. I even tried to use a socket--it'd fit but there was no room to turn it.
100 gallons of water is NOT light, but by this time I was awfully aggravated, so I managed to pull it away from the fence enough on one side to reach and get the plug tighter with my pliers. I'll put it back against the fence like I had it when the cows have emptied it about half way--a more manageable weight for me!
Monday I planted my potatoes and the two new cherry trees we bought last Friday. I was going to plant onions Tuesday but ran out of time before I had to go to work.
Pat got the oil changed in my truck Tuesday as well and helped the neighbor do some work on his truck Wednesday.
Kyle is almost done with speech, but band, show choir and golf will continue until school is out. Plus he has Marines PT, and he still has his Pizza Hut job, and he works one day a week back at a restaurant he used to work at.
Jared is looking at different trucks, is thinkin' of getting a different one. He doesn't have any 'news' for me.....so I figure no news is good news!!!
Friday I am going over to Butch's (big bro) house to help him figure out which cows/calves to sell for David (little bro) and Butch mentioned he needed some help with a tractor. I'm sure I'll be there all afternoon, but that's OK!! He's also got more gallon (pickle) jars saved back for me and some small containers saved so I can put salve in them when I make it. At least he's thinkin' of me! ;)
Oh, and the weather has been awesome.....so it helps lift the spirits while working on the outdoor projects. I managed to get a bit crispy-fried from the sun yesterday.
Let the Farmers' Tan begin!! :)
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