It’s a Sign The last few posts on this blog have been about how three pieces of machinery have failed us. Previous blog entries have talked about the male sheep on our farm, and how they’ve caused trouble a few times by breeding our ewes when they felt like it, not when we wanted them […]
Look, Ma, No Wheels…. So our tractor is broken. The front end, which holds the two front wheels and allows Melissa to perform certain critical tasks, like steering, collapsed. Our neighbor Craig found a guy with a refurbished front end, and it’s the right size for the tractor. So with his trailer in tow and […]
The God of Farm Equipment Hates Us I know this title makes me sound paranoid, but it’s the only possible conclusion one can draw from the events of the last few weeks. Melissa was mowing the lawn with our riding lawn mower (Usually my job, but I was inside cleaning the house to prepare for […]