tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55796871607452999272024-03-14T03:13:13.032-05:00Sandburr Hill FarmGenesis 3:17-18: "...cursed is the earth for thy sake: in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee, and thou shalt eat the herb of the field."Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12736245671624494208noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579687160745299927.post-18141149382603201302018-12-28T16:07:00.003-06:002018-12-28T16:09:09.840-06:00We're Still Here!!Don't worry, we're still a farm, and still have animals!<br />
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I finally got around to taking the cleaver to the blog -- never got around to updating it and we've changed what we're doing some (traded the dairy for the ability to vacation!)<br />
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I still update the Facebook page quite often, so if you're looking to catch up on what we're doing, please visit our page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sandburrhill" target="_blank">here</a>. It's a lot easier to keep farm fans updated with a cell phone in my pocket and a Facebook page!<br />
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Or find the link to email us and we'll get back to you soon!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12736245671624494208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579687160745299927.post-48555458837008829022015-11-04T07:57:00.000-06:002015-11-17T14:21:10.620-06:00Round Bale Sheep Feeder<div class="blogaway-section"><p>Not to steal thunder from Premier 1's big bale feeder found here:<br/>
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<br/>But with some time and tools, a close approximation can be made with feed store cattle panels (which Premier 1 says are inferior to theirs... I've never seen theirs, but I figure that the freight charges would be cost prohibitive). <br/>
<br/>I figured for a six-foot- diameter bale, three-foot panels (which ended up cut at 40 inches).  I think for five-foot bales the panels could have been in two-foot or 30-inch segments.<br/>
<br/>I'll make another one for the goats.  Still needing to be added to the sheep feeder is a roof to shed rain.<br/>
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Buck Pen </h2>
We needed a way to keep the buck away from his girls during the "off-season," but needed to keep our small pen open for birthing goats, etc. (that and he formerly folded down the cattle panel in there). Also gives the flexibility of pasture improvement in the back by keeping the animals off of new growth.<br />
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Plans for the future will add a larger pen adjacent to this and maybe one at the downhill (West) side that'll connect the two and add a third pen. All will aide in partitioning off ewes with rams in the fall as well.<br />
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Loose fences are dangerous fences - and loose goats are goats that breed outta season. Big focus was to make it tight. Time will tell. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The corner posts came from the railroad ties that were lining the driveway -- I selected the good ones since there's a reason the railroad tore them out...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The South side of the pen is using the existing field fence </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cemented in with the bottom of the post buried in soil to facilitate drainage</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chainsaw sculpting for the floating braces... next up a bear carved out of a stump... and it snowed last night</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So they're not exactly floating braces when you cement the "floating" end in the ground</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">12.5 ga wire will turn into a big slinky real fast if you're not careful</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Make a loop, wrap one end around the bottom of your post, notch the bottom of the brace, staple it securely (but not tightly) in place...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And tension the brace wire... don't use these kind...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Use these - while these require some forethought in fence construction, they don't require three hands to use... and when a goat starts biting your ear, you can stop what you're doing, shoo the goat away, get a soda, and get back to work</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Striaght 'nuff</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A truck makes a good tension anchor... when it starts to slide backward, you've tensioned enough</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fence</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">To reduce sag and keep the fence from getting crushed by goats standing on it or bent up by them scootching under, I wove high-tensile through the top and bottom and cranked it down good. You can almost play the fence like a guitar.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Electric wire helps keep him off too...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gate size was determined by the width of my disk harrow... the bottom of the pen has a small escape gate. To do it over, I'd have put the big gate at the bottom as it's more of a pain to open and close a big gate.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our cold and wet weather always comes from the North and West -- I'll eventually add an half wall to the South side... looks like he enjoys it though!</td></tr>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12736245671624494208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579687160745299927.post-43018089856908375362015-03-18T12:00:00.001-05:002015-03-27T10:21:19.261-05:00Cheese Making!<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><h1><span style="font-size: large;">Making Mozzarella</span></h1>Since we have a surplus of milk, I took a shot at cheesemaking, using a recipe found <a href="http://www.cheesemaking.com/howtomakemozzarellacheese.html" target="_blank">here</a>. After adding citric acid to the cold milk, warming to 90 degrees and stirring in the rennet, below is what it looks like.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Testing the curds - the whey should be clear and the curds stiff enough to peel back like this. I left it to sit beyond the recommended 5 minutes to get to this point.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After heating the curds up to 110 degrees, removing from heat, and stirring for about 5 minutes, you drain the creamy whey off -- it went into pancakes this morning.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After pressing the curds in the colander and nuking it, you knead it and stretch it... at this point, I lost track of the directions (partly because they were on my phone and my hands were messy). Here's where you'd knead in some salt for flavor (which I forgot).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back to the big pot of yellow whey (which after some later reading I found is handy to keep hot for bathing the cheese in as you stretch it), heat the whey to 200 degrees and let it cool. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The proteins that are left over bind together and float -- ladle them out and drain with a cloth, and you get ricotta cheese.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We ate this in our pancakes this morning also!</td></tr>
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Though they're loud, mean and messy, geese are great watchdogs, they keep the grass short around the yard, and lay enormous omelette-sized eggs! <br/>
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I've read a lot about the benefits of geese in the garden. Since I'm expanding the garden this year, I'm going to try penning them up in there this spring.<br/>
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Adena excels at presentation. Since we added the dark brown eggs from the Marans, she's come up with a new pattern.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12736245671624494208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579687160745299927.post-85358805717701085732015-01-08T08:56:00.001-06:002015-01-08T08:56:16.200-06:00Cold!<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Water droplets freezing on my gloves and boots this morning! Putting a heat tape on the outdoor hydrant this winter has prevented many bucket trips from the bathtub!<br/>
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"<span class="text Dan-8-8" id="en-GNV-21963"><sup class="versenum"></sup>Therefore the goat waxed exceeding great, and when he was at the strongest, his great <sup class="footnote" data-fn="#fen-GNV-21963i" data-link="[<a href="#fen-GNV-21963i" title="See footnote i">i</a>]"></sup>horn was broken: and for it came up four that <sup class="footnote" data-fn="#fen-GNV-21963j" data-link="[<a href="#fen-GNV-21963j" title="See footnote j">j</a>]"></sup>appeared toward the four winds of the heaven."</span><br />
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<span class="text Dan-8-8" id="en-GNV-21963">Liaison broke one scur off a few weeks back, but his other one (the "great horn") needed trimmed as it was curling back against his head. With some wrestling on the milk stand and a hacksaw, we were able to cut off about an inch. I'll let it heal up and trim it back some more.</span><br />
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<span class="text Dan-8-8" id="en-GNV-21963">Hopefully four new horns don't appear in its place as Daniel prophesied concerning the Greek empire. </span><br />
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<span class="text Dan-8-8" id="en-GNV-21963">The joys of livestock! Here's a before pic... I'll spare the after. </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12736245671624494208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579687160745299927.post-12423688771830257772015-01-04T18:19:00.003-06:002015-01-04T18:25:56.038-06:00Hugelkultur!After a pretty good garden last last year, I'm more than doubling it this year. Eventually I want to put in a semi-sunken earthbag greenhouse. If that's not eco-hippie enough for you, I'm starting a hugelkulture bed (ultimately for wild blackberry canes, but we'll see). Read more about hugelkultur (or permaculture) <a href="http://www.richsoil.com/hugelkultur/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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I'm starting with the oversized and rotten logs from the wood pile and have been adding leaves, dead cowpen daisies, the last of the old wood chip pile and manure. The idea is to replicate the deep bed of the forest floor where the fungi and insects found in the rotting wood break it down to useable nutrients for the plants. Anyway, it gives me something to do with the chunks of firewood that are too rotten for use!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12736245671624494208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579687160745299927.post-61754231500331572552014-11-29T11:41:00.001-06:002015-01-04T18:25:10.411-06:00Whoops!When the pickles lose their saltiness, they are good for nothing than to be thrown to the chickens... or when the pickler forgets the salt, he hopes that chickens like gross pickles.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12736245671624494208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579687160745299927.post-52822038029286255632014-09-25T09:15:00.001-05:002015-01-04T18:25:21.811-06:00Stinking thiefWhen my 9-year-old found a chicken foot, we first suspected the dog - I was skeptical because the dogs typically don't sever the foot when they kill a bird, but leave the leg bone on.<br />
When closing in the chickens that night, we found this guy dragging a young maran rooster by the neck. He paid no mind to my presence, actually seemed to appreciate the light as he released the bird and started eating an egg.<br />
A friend said I should have made a hat, but it would have had too many holes.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12736245671624494208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579687160745299927.post-49295655924589753092014-09-20T13:17:00.001-05:002015-01-05T15:48:06.422-06:00Fall(ish) crutching timeDid the crutching of my flock today. Clipped out the more dense mats of sand burrs, trimmed hooves and wormed. Ram is showing the turn off the seasons - just need to wait on receptive ewes!<br />
Overall, they took the handling well. Was thinking of how often we fight at the discomfort caused when God takes the necessary, but sometimes painful steps of trimming up his sheep on a one-on-one basis.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12736245671624494208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579687160745299927.post-79371751873422515242014-07-31T15:03:00.003-05:002014-07-31T15:03:54.466-05:00Blogging attempt number nextThis is probably my third attempt at doing up my farm blog. The problem with blogging about your farm is you don’t have time for both!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12736245671624494208noreply@blogger.com0