Heritage Home~Place Herbals

It is always hard to lose a 'pet'. Hunter was a yearling here on the farm. He did not fair well through the harsh winter. He passed away this morning in Anna's arms. A sad day. We will miss you Hunter.

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Hank and I are trying to get the mud moved around. I had to dig a trench on the outside of the milk barn to release trapped water. Hank laid a perforated tube and covored it up. Hopefully this will help keep the water drained out of the milk barn. Mud pies anyone? We moved Babe into the Goat pasture while I moved old hay into the Goat enclosure pen. It was so muddy. This is our 'glamour shot'.

I've been 'playing' in the mud this past week. No pics available though...not a very 'glamorous' look! With all of the snow we had this winter...record breaking snow amounts...and now rain...we've got mud! My milk barn had a good 4-6inches of water in it. I had to be the ditch digger and dig trenches on the outer wall of my milk barn to release the trapped water. I discovered about 6-8 inches down, we had frozen ground. No wonder the water couldn't drain. It's that way in the yard, in the driveway, in the animal lots....mud. And now, more rain. :-) I'm thinking 'sunny days and wildflowers'.

I am really enjoying the milk machine. What used to take me a 'strong' thirty minutes to milk now takes me ten minutes. It holds 7 gallons of milk. Babe gives two gallons a milking. I milk her twice a day. I would like to get a second Jersey milk cow next year. We have lots of customers and more would like to be added to the list.