Friday: Finally finished my page-wire fence. Also patched the electric cable. I had to put two braces at the top of the west fence so I could pull the page-wire tight.
- Richard arrived after trucking and we prepared a load of scrap to deliver on Saturday AM.
- Also sorted and organized a bit in the Scrapatorium(TM). I got in the house at 11:30pm.
Saturday: Delivered scrap to St. Urbain, unleaded myself because Richard was trucking again.. Went to St. Louis to pick up the other three cows and some corn.
- Unloaded the cows. All went well, only one collided with the fence.
- Cut the grass for the first time this year. I finally got to sit on the back porch and enjoy the sunset for the first time in a long while.
Sunday: Trimmed the yard. I also went around the entire pasture and trimmed the fence line. It looks really good now and was done just in time as many of the little brambles were taking root again. The fence will stay in good shape now that it will be cleaned regularly. I just hope that I can stay ahead of it this summer.
- Did the maintenance on the tractor: oil change, grease and filters all around. Took the saw off the tractor. Moved the wood trailer and hay wagon out of the hay field behind the house while the tractor was going.
- Disced the garden in anticipation of planting. One of the sections of discs came apart. I'll have to fix that soon as all the discing wasn't completed. The garden looks good, not too many rocks and the sod came apart nicely. I was worried about that because I'd plowed a new section last fall.
- Put the tailgate back on the big trailer and delivered the lawnmower to Richard.
- Fueled the tractor with summer blend.
- We had a nice little supper with my parents and Mark and Amie for Mother's Day. I slow cooked/hickory smoked chicken and beef brochettes on the BBQ; it was really good. After eating good meat like that all the fencing and hassles with the cows seem worth it.
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