Busy Weekend

We took advatage of the warm and mostly dry weekend to get some major projects done around the farm. First was a new hayrack for the small buck pasture. The buck pasture actually has our fainting goat buck Frank, plus Harriet and Cookie - both of whom should be well into pregnancies by now.

The big project, which took both days, was fencing in the road front. We have quite a bit of hedgerow along the road, but in the winter, the hedge is less secure and the hens wander much more. Over the last month, the hens have been wandering up the hill and ranging up along the road. So, to keep them secure and to be certain that Lucy the devil puppy does not go out to the road, we decided to run 4' high field fencing all along the front of the farm and tie into the field fencing that runs along the sides. We finished just as the sun was setting on Sunday. Now the road is seperated by solid fencing and gates and we feel much better. Only drawback - having to get in and out of the car to open and close the gate. We may have to look at automating that.