Tools of the Trade

A fairly popular, trending social media post is the “Tell me you are a ___ or have a ___ without telling me.” I could easily post half a dozen photos and tell you this is a farm without saying it’s a farm! Really strange items in the dish drain, muddy boots at every door (is that mud?) and all sorts of random items, like bottles, syringes, etc on every counter and in drawers! One of the items that really points out the fact that this is a farm house to me, is the stack of boxes in the big pantry. That stack of boxes are tools of the trade around this farm!

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Something Good

the river- looking for something good

Spring fever is springing around here and that means it is time to go fishing! Our son has not been able to think about much else but catching catfish! So with that, it means it’s time for something new to be done!

Setting lines and poles for catfishing means a lot of work. Cane poles were cut and lines had to be made. All of the materials needed can be expensive. Lead weights are one of those things that are necessary but costly. So instead of buying them, our son pulled out husband’s tools and began to make his own lead weights.

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Green Pastures

cattle standing waiting for green pastures

This time of year is what husband calls our “growing season.” We have winter rye grass growing in several pastures and the cattle are all separated in different groups. Some are on the rye grass full time. Those cattle will eat and grow all winter long. But most of the cattle groups are let into the winter pastures for a few hours everyday. The cattle stand and wait for the single strand of hot wire to be let down and then they walk, bolt, kick and play their way into the green pastures.

Long about lunch time, if husband hasn’t already let the cattle in, I can hear the moos and bellowing inside the house. They begin to call mid morning; they are waiting for the farmer to come open the hot wire gap and allow them to graze. They are hungry!

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