1. Do not, at any time, attempt to put your hand anywhere near the pig feeding area after you have just poured their food. Even if you think Gosh, that was a lot of food to give them at one time. I should just take a scoop back out. What you pour for the pigs is what they get. Any attempt to change that amount after it has already been offered will result in the pig biting you.
2. Baby goats may be little and cute, but it
3. There is a reason farmers have barn clothes and town clothes. The bigger the animals get, the more important this is. Never shall you wear your town clothes into the barn to just quick check on the animals. There is no such thing as a quick check on the animals, and it normally results in town clothes being sacrificed as barn clothes.
4. It is important that farmboys learn not every job on a farm can be completed with a skidloader, and jobs that do not require power machinery still need to be done. Even if the novelty of doing them has worn off and they have figured out it is actual work. Whining will commence. Farm moms will have to be stern. Words will be exchanged. Farm moms may need a glass of wine at the end of the day. Or maybe just a really good night of sleep.
5. I think I've learned more in the last four months than I learned in all of high school. I adore my farm life. :)
I dont think my Husband has ever learned #4 and tries to use some type of machinery for every task no matter how small. If I asked him to run the sweeper I am sure he would find a way to get the zero turn mower in the house to get the job done. I guess some just never learn number #4
ReplyDeleteThe pig food story is too, too funny!!
ReplyDeleteI have barn shoes and they are the only shoes I wear down to the barn because they ALWAYS end up with some farm animal's of manure on them.
Just so you know, if you teach the baby goats to bottle feed when they are first born it is sooo much easier and they usually catch on right away!
I had to laugh at Jane's comment! :)
Funny! Loved reading this. So true too.
ReplyDeleteyou an Jane are too funny ,IS the goat by chance ,polish,now all you pollacks out there ,don't get your feathers up.I'm Heinz 57 myself,fyi I wish I'm still around in 50 years( not likely )but would love to see our blog comments than,you'd be a experienced farmer farm girl
ReplyDeleteLOL I love #3!!! They are all great, but that one was the best, IMO :-) Have a great Sunday.
ReplyDeleteDon't you feel that your whole world is tied up in your farm right now? No, I'm not saying that is a bad thing, but rather a wonderful thing because you've wanted this for so long and worked so hard for it through a lot of disappointments. I so admire the way you've jumped into it with both feet with no reservations or lack of hard work. As for the farm boys' whining, wouldn't you whine over some of your tasks is there was a chance in heck it just might get you out of them? ;o}
ReplyDeleteI used to ask my boys if they would like some cheese with their "whine." And then I would have some cheese with my wine! It usually helped, right before a good night's sleep!
ReplyDeleteYou never get the boy out of a man. No matter how much you try a man is truly only ever a boy. Sure he may be a lot bigger now but so are his toys. They claim that those big trucks and tractors are for getting work done. Maybe so. But now they get to actually drive those toys they played with as children. How cool is that? And that is why we Mama's get to drink that glass or two of wine at the end of a long hard day.
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Oh but a glass of wine **contributes** to a good night's sleep! Great post, all true except you're fortunate you didn't need stitches from being bitten by the pits. They have *nasty* bites!
ReplyDeleteOh number three, there is nothing like checking the barn and then getting half way to town and noticing you have your barn shoes on. At that point you just find some grass to scuff your shoes on, call it good and hope no one notices.
ReplyDeleteHaha that must be how my dad ended up with some pretty swanky barn clothes LOL! I remember him getting home a few times from his "city job" and heading to the barn to "quick check on one thing"..... :)
ReplyDeleteYou are sooo right. Also, put on the barn shoes. Your sneakers will never recover if you wear them, even once, into the barn yard. Somethings can NOT be scraped off.
ReplyDeleteAnd never let a man take a tractor to do what can be done with a shovel. It will end badly. Oh, your wisdom is impressive. Stevie@ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com
Yes, yes on number 3. Looks like a lot of us have learned the same lesson, too.
ReplyDeleteAnd on the baby goats--true. That bottle is hard to figure out!