Last Thursday and Friday we got hit with the first snow/ice storm of the year (actually the first of the past five years). It's given us a chance to experience another aspect of country living. The good news is both our four wheel drive vehicles have been able to make it up and down the hill on the ice. Our neighbors in the valley have not been so lucky. We have witnessed a lot of carnage during there multiple attempts to get out.
Before the five or six inches of sleet/ice and snow we got about two inches of rain. I must admit, I was glad to see it turn to a frozen form - I stayed up all night Thursday checking the creek and worrying about our decision to move the mobile home down by the creek. I think we should start the house this spring for sure!
Saturday we walked up the creek bed and were supprised to find that the main creek was no longer flowing. All of the flow we still had downstream was coming from the spring! We could see in the spring pond where it was coming out of the ground! We are unsure of the property line and are hoping that the fence dissecting the pond is not the actual end of our soon-to-be property. We decided to have it surveyed as soon as we get clear deed from the county. (We bought that 8.1 acres for $5,200 at tax sale on the Webster county cort house steps but the original owners have one year to redeem it by paying the back taxes and 10% interest on our money.)
Recent accomplishments/happenings at the farm are:
1) The bridge is in. For the reasonable price of around $10,000 we have a re-built railroad bridge spanning our creek bed. Barry has spent many hours back filling on either side of it so we will actually be able to DRIVE over it. At this point we are able to walk over it, which as a good thing Friday morning. We just left a vehicle on the other side of the creek.
2) The well house is built and the solar panel is mounted on the roof and running the pump to our water system.
3) We have a four year old foxtrotter mare. Her name is Wanoka Smoke and she is black with a white blaze and three white socks. I am in the process of convincing Barry that she will be useful around the farm and is not just a pet.
4) The chickens are laying again! Three of them, anyway. The rooster has also learned how to crow and do other roosterly things. I think we will let them hatch some chicks this spring to perpetuate and increase our flock.
Before the five or six inches of sleet/ice and snow we got about two inches of rain. I must admit, I was glad to see it turn to a frozen form - I stayed up all night Thursday checking the creek and worrying about our decision to move the mobile home down by the creek. I think we should start the house this spring for sure!
Saturday we walked up the creek bed and were supprised to find that the main creek was no longer flowing. All of the flow we still had downstream was coming from the spring! We could see in the spring pond where it was coming out of the ground! We are unsure of the property line and are hoping that the fence dissecting the pond is not the actual end of our soon-to-be property. We decided to have it surveyed as soon as we get clear deed from the county. (We bought that 8.1 acres for $5,200 at tax sale on the Webster county cort house steps but the original owners have one year to redeem it by paying the back taxes and 10% interest on our money.)
Recent accomplishments/happenings at the farm are:
1) The bridge is in. For the reasonable price of around $10,000 we have a re-built railroad bridge spanning our creek bed. Barry has spent many hours back filling on either side of it so we will actually be able to DRIVE over it. At this point we are able to walk over it, which as a good thing Friday morning. We just left a vehicle on the other side of the creek.
2) The well house is built and the solar panel is mounted on the roof and running the pump to our water system.
3) We have a four year old foxtrotter mare. Her name is Wanoka Smoke and she is black with a white blaze and three white socks. I am in the process of convincing Barry that she will be useful around the farm and is not just a pet.
4) The chickens are laying again! Three of them, anyway. The rooster has also learned how to crow and do other roosterly things. I think we will let them hatch some chicks this spring to perpetuate and increase our flock.
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