Finally Raining!!!

    It has been raining for a week now!!!! We have been needing the rain so bad! There have been tons of fires and it had been a really bad drought and every thing has been super dry. It started raining on Sunday and it has rained every day since. Now everything is turning green and there is no more bad smoke by us!!!

Baby Jezebelle

      We welcomed a new member to our cattle herd. Her name is Jezebelle. She is now 4 days old. On her second day being alive she got away from her mother. My brother had gone out into the field to look at her and he couldn't find her. He told my dad and my dad went to look for her too. after about an hour he gave up. he had looked everywhere  but he couldn't find him. Da had been waiting for one of his friends to come and shoe our horses. Once he got to our house dad told him that he couldn't find the calf. So they went looking and after about an hour they decided to give up. But before they did my dad saw our dog looking in a certain direction. He followed the direction that our dog was looking towards.  He kept walking until he almost stepped on Jezebelle. At first the calf pretended that she was dead. But once he picked her up, she lifted up her head and started looking around. I am glad that dad found her. She is so cute and tons of hair!

Fire

We have been having tons of fire where I live. It  has been some what close to me. it has crossed our river and stared burning up farmer's fields. it has been burning for a long time. It has gone up our mountains, behind our mountains and along the road near the mountains. We had went hiking with some of my family and when we where driving we where going right by the fire. We where at the road and where looking up at the fire. It was kinda cool. The fire is so bad that we can't see the mountains tat we live about a mile from.

Yuck!

Ok, so this was so... I don't even have words to describe it.. I guess it was yuck... I literally don't have words to describe it. Ok, I will get to the story now. So I was going to gather eggs and shut in the chickens for the night. So I went inside to get the eggs and when I stepped into the chicken coop I saw something silver on the other side of the chicken house. I didn't think about it because I thought that it was just a mouse trap that we had in there. so I just went about my way. I past it two times before I realized what it was. It was wrapped up around something but I couldn't tell what it was. As I walked by it the second time I realized that it was a snake eating a mouse!!!!! The mouse could fit into its mouth!!!! It so gross!

RAIN!!!!!

Yesterday and the day before we got rain!!!! I do not remember the last time we had gotten rain. it has been so dry here. The grass was drying the crops weren't really growing that well. But now since we go a little bit of rain, hopefully everything will grow a little better. That's all for now!

Blow Out

Yesterday we where heading to my aunts house when dad told us to be quiet for a second because he heard something rattling in the front of the truck. After a few seconds the noise stopped so we just kept on going. Then all of a sudden our tire blew out! It was really load. But luckily it was easier to control the truck because it was the back tire not the front tire. The tire looked like a braid! Comment if you like my posts please and if you want me to blog about something you want to know about!

Abby

Hey guys. Sorry I haven't posted in a while. We have been some what busy. We have had friends over so I didn't have time to blog. Some of you might be asking "Why is the title Abby". Well I will tell you why. Almost a week ago our cow had a heifer. For all of you out there that don't know what "heifer" means, it means that the baby is a girl. We named her Abby. She is really cute and small. I will try to get a picture up soon. I still am having trouble with that. Sorry. I am so happy that it is a girl because we had been needing a girl to grow our herd and all the babies we have had been born have been boys. Is that a little confusing? It might be. Comment if you love babies! I do!

Packing

Today we are packing for our 2 week long trip. I am super excited to leave tomorrow. We haven't been on a plane for a long time. I was about 6 or 7 the last time. I have lots of things to do but I am anxious about the flight. But you know...  It will all be worth it when we get to our location. I won't post tomorrow because we have to leave here early. Thanks for understanding!

Rain


OK so you know in my earlier posts I said that it was extremely hot. Well this morning I woke up to rain. I am happy because everything needed the rain. I am very happy and it is not hot right now but it is getting humid.

HOT!

It is extremely hot here where I live. It has been 100 degrees and a little higher for 4 days. Just thinking about the heat makes me want to puke. It is that hot. Nothing will really grow because it is so hot. My dad is a farmer and his farming equipment isn't working because of the heat. It is that hot. I know that I said the twice but is really that hot. Some of you might say I am exaggerating but I'm not.

Pitting Cherries

We are pitting cherries today. It isn't really hard it is just a little time consuming. We have the manual kind of pitter but you have to punch it through the cherries. I had to pull off the stems and get rid of the rotten ones. I had to do that to a 15 lbs  box. Just to let you know I will not be posting for 2 weeks because I will be on a trip. I will post till then (which is 5 days) but it will be a while before a new post. Thanks for understanding. But as I said I will post up until the day I leave!

Baby Deer Being Born

Yesterday as my family and I were driving home from the pool we saw 2 baby deer with their momma. They were so cute. When the saw us coming the bolted into the woods so we couldn't see them any more but boy were they cute. Comment if you love baby deer! I do!

Heat

Summer. Heat. Ugh. Summer is one of my most favorite times of the year. The heat on the other hand is not one of my favorites. You know how hot it was today? 100 degrees. Yah. That's right 100 degrees. I thought that I was literally going to melt. Literally. I have really thick hair so I et really hot in the summer. It is not fun. If you like the heat, (I don't really) comment saying you like it.

Cleaning Pens

You know what stinks? Cleaning out pig pens. Literally. Today we had to clean out our pig's pen. it was not fun. Ok. I have to confess. We haven't cleaned it out for about 2 weeks. When the pigs eat they loose some of the food out of their mouth because the smack. It starts to pill up and dies together in a hard layer.  The layer today was about 5 inches think. It was really hard to get out but now the pigs have a clean pen.

Picking Cherries

Our cherries have been ripening by the day. They are so good. The cherries are starting to rot so we have to pick them. We start from the top down. The ones o the top are the ripest. To pick them we have climb out my parents bedroom window onto the roof. It is kinda scary but it is the only way to get them down. Comment if you love cherries I love them!

Sorry For The Delays

Sorry for not posting in a few days. I have been really busy lately. Nothing much has been going on here. It has been really hot here. We have to watch our cows because this hot water can cause them to get pneumonia which causes them to have trouble breathing. The start to foam at the mouth and not want to get up from laying down. If it is not cured the can die. It is very serious. Comment if you ever had pneumonia. I have had it 4 times.

Training Pigs


So today my friend and I are going to work with our pigs and then I am going to help her with her 4-h demonstration. We are going to start training them and start getting them used to the feeling of water. I will post later. We are off to go start training!  Comment if you wish us good luck!

Waiting Is A Pain

I am a impatient person. I do not like to wait. We have this cow that is pregnant and I am so tired of waiting for it to come. I hope that it comes soon. It is going to come when we finally give up thinking that it is going to come soon. She is a small cow so I am hoping that the baby is small. This cow's name is Dixie Daisy. She is pretty much my cow because when we were weaning and halter breaking her I spent the most time out in the pen with her training her, brushing her, and giving her treats. I love her. She is my favorite cow so far. She is kind of scary because she have about 6" long horns, but she is super sweet. Comment if you think cows are cute and that you want them. my comment would be that I love them and I am so glad that we have them! They are so cute!

Farming Troubles


The other day when dad was faming he was repairing a part on his swather. He reached up and touched the muffler. It instantly burned his skin. He has a first to second degree burn. It looks terrible. Dad doesn't mind having another scar though. I just feel so bad for him. I know it hurts.

Swarming Bees


We have honey bees to pollinate our fruit trees. Lately they have been swarming and clustering on tree trunks or tree branches. This has happen twice in the past two weeks. It happened today. Here is a picture.

 

Here is a picture of last time.

 

Comment if you think this is cool!



The Problem With Skunks And Dogs

Skunks and dogs do not mix with each other. A dog thinks, "hey you're just like a cat so I am going to chase you and you won't hurt me." Well, that is not the case. Skunks spray and hurt the dog's eyes and then the dogs stick for weeks. Literally weeks. Our Queensland Shepard found out about a skunk and didn't like it. He was sprayed about two and a half weeks ago and still stinks enough that I won't even touch him. Never let your dog get sprayed by a skunk. You will know what I mean about the stinky ness.

Mice Problems


So earlier this evening my brother and I where feeding the chickens when all of a sudden 6 or 7 mice went running from behind the chicken feeder. Of course I screamed because I don't like mice and they are gross. There where ton of them. So after that we ran out of the chicken house yelling and left as fast as we could! Typical day on a farm! Comment if you hate mice or think that they are cute.

Questions About Farm Life


For anyone who wants to know certain things about living on a farm, you can comment  on this post and ask your question. I will post many times a day if you ask a question!

I Will Try Harder



OK, so I apparently I don't know how to download a picture, copy and paste, and put it up onto my blog. I can't find out how to get the picture on here, but I will try to get the picture of my project up soon.

Comments


Comment if you like my posts and can't wait to see the project I am making! Also if you want to see more of my posts!

I'm Back


I am back from my trip. I had tons of fun. So as I said, I will tell you about my trip. So we went to my uncle's graduation and then to a pool party. After those two things, we went to my other uncle's house for 2 nights, 3 days.  We played on their trampoline and had a water- balloon fight that lasted for about 1 minute. Some of my cousins and my brother ad sister slept on their porch. I didn't because I was not about the idea of sleeping in the pitch black and freezing all night. The pulled an all- nighter until the sun rose which was at 3 am. They had tons of fun and so did I just hanging out and playing with them. My cousins have stilts so I tried to do them. I got about 5 steps on them and then fell off. I didn't get hurt though. I will post tomorrow. I will post a picture of a project I am doing after I finish it.

Posts On Hold


I won't be posting this weekend because I will be out of town. As soon as I get back I will post about my trip. Thanks for understanding!

Chores


A typical day on the farm in the morning is getting up in the morning and doing the chores. Each week we trade off chores. This week I have the chickens and the pigs on our side of the road. What I mean about "our side of the road" is that our Grandma live across the street and we have 2 horses over there and the cows and also another hen house of chickens. For the pigs I have to fill up their water bucket, give them 1 scoop of food, which is about 3 cups in each scoop, and train them. They are 4-H pigs so in August we go to the fair grounds and sell them after you show them. They have to go around the ring. The judge looks for certain things on your pigs. They give them a sonogram to make sure that there is a marbling of fat and muscle. In order to sell they must be 210 pounds.  For the chickens all I have to do is fill their water and check to make sure there are no eggs. If there are eggs I have to gather them and bring them inside to be eaten. I also have to check and make sure that they have food. My chores are pretty simple but they take about 10 minutes to do if I do them fast.