Farm Fresh Blog

Yep, Moving sucks,dogs hate all the comotion and get very upset and do the velcro routine. I said the last time I moved it would be the last time, they can bury me from this place. I hate having to throw out perfectly good "stuff", when I get to new place can't find any perfectly good stuff to make my life easier. Good luck in the whole process. Give doggies lots of treats. Libby

if you're getting rid of things, i could use that iron bistro set in my garden . . .

Oh no!!! I left my water on the other day and overfilled the pool. You by far, have me beat. Good Luck!!!

Yup, moving is a very unfun process, and inspires all sorts of out-of-sorts behaviors on the part of people and canines. Don't know how it affects goats, sheep, horses, etc. Leaving the water on..well, did it all flood back into the basement or some other place...or did it just makes lots of mud? Our worst house flood so far was when the dishwasher broke a hose while it was running, and it ran water about 6 hours - my first floor had about 2 inches of water and the basement had another 4 inches of so that had dripped down from the first floor, so much that it was even leaking OUT the cellar walls and running down the outside of the shingles! Luckily we had dry windy days so it got dried out before we got mold and mildew!

Hope you are not on restrictions, [water inspector might pay a visit] Yep been there done that when timer failed on sheep water tub. The trees below got a bit of a drink that drought year. Spring has sprung 1st blossom is out.

Ha ha ha ha Much too late to suggest a water timer on that darned hose. I learned to use those after sooooo many times looking out the truck window when I returned, wondering why there was such a flock of chickens just jammed in one spot in the pasture. Hmmm, why is there a pond in the pasture? Oh, hose left in the tank again! Maybe you can get a timer for the new place? A nice little ranch warming present! Jesus, that's so funny.

Yep, moving sucks! My next move will be to "the home". Hopefully none of your dogs will have this problem: http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/11/dogs-dont-understand-basic-concepts.html And I do remember Navarre, mostly from agility. Glad you found "him" and can't wait to see the results. Hope you're on a water well..Virginia in North TX.

12 hours -- YIKES! I feel guilty letting the water run more than a few minutes and we aren't in a drought situation (though it is quite dry now compared to other years). I hope you get a nice long gentle rain soon. Meanwhile we are having a heat wave in Ontario (humidex 35°C = 95°F) with very little relief at night. I suppose that's "normal" Texas summer weather. I did the same kind of move to my current home -- it was/is like trying to fill a 5 lb bag with 10 lbs of potatoes. Are you moving to the cattle ranch?

Dad was a 30 year Marine. He said that 3 moves was equivalent to having a house fire.

I've been away for two weeks. Did I miss something? Did you find a place? I've looked back at recent posts and don't see a definite answer, just some prospects. Do tell!

I see I missed a bit of typing. In dad's 30 years in the Marines, there were 18 moves.

We are not on a well. My water bill last month was $450 because I left the hose to the horse trough on overnight NOT ONCE, but TWICE. The only consolation was that the deer, raccoons, possums, and assorted birds were in heaven until my man-made pond dried up.

Yes, we found a place, but we need to sell one of the other farms to put a down payment on the land. Now we are hustling to get that house ready for sale and move 20+ years worth of stuff into the other house! By next week things should be under control, but at the moment we are on our feet all day, moving furniture, building fence, and trying not to shoot each other!

Hmmm.. this is why I have water timers on my pasture hose, because that way if I do forget, it at least shuts off! And lets face it, with a bunch of critters it is easy to get distracted.