Here it is, a new month and only 31 days left in the year. We had over a foot of snow a little over a week ago, but thankfully we had rain last week that melted it all away. Well, all except for some in the north-facing ditches. Since the ground wasn't frozen, I do believe that the vast majority of the water soaked in. That is good.
We have only 22 heifers here of the neighbors' to feed, but I did hear some rumblings that he might bring some more that would be housed in our heifer barn. We don't have any up at the other farm, and have told him that we don't want any till spring. It makes it much easier for the SU to not have to worry about pushing snow up there and keeping another automatic waterer unfrozen, etc, etc, etc.
My yard is still green, and if the mower wasn't "winterized" I might even consider mowing one area that is pretty lush. Oh, well............guess I will just have to mow early in the spring before it starts looking like a hayfield.
DS#1 is doing the feeding last week and some of this week till the SU is cleared for going out and doing "light labor". He had hernia surgery last Monday and is doing good. It was last Sat. till he was pretty sure he was going to live, tho, as it was really painful for him, even with his Percocet.
He's much better now, said he hasn't taken any pain medication since Saturday. His post-op check is tomorrow. He said he was really glad that we weren't "farming" like before because he knows he probably would have gone out and done too much too soon. What a surprise there.
