"Country folks know a lot of stuff that ain't wrote down nowhere." And, this is why I like raising my kids in the country!
We have some really funny books by Judge Roy English and I'll use some of his quotes here!
We went horseback riding and had a great time. Later that night we were resting when we heard a loud mooing sound. They were all happily grazing many acres away as we rode, but the ONE GATE on the opposite end of the farm that we left open--they FOUND-- and then ended up in my front yard only an hour later. When I flipped on the front porch lights is was like a seen from the show Mobbed. The bushes that I spent the summer "saving" were trampled and eaten, but hey, the yard is greener than ever.
We go down to pick up 8 eggs with kids and then we make it home with 4. Oh well, the dogs enjoy them.
We planted blueberry bushes near our pastures....well, the goats break out and have enjoyed those blueberries and I think I have had one.
I was standing on some soaking wet ground once and let a metal chain in my hang swing into the electric fence BY THE CHARGER. I was shocked so bad that I got out my cell to call my neighbor and tell her in case I did not make it home...funny now...but not then.
"A rooster does the crowing while a hen does the work." Isn't that the truth-ha!
We bought some young "hens" from someone despite that we said, "they sure do have a big comb, are you sure they are hens?" Well, Henny and Penny became Lenny and Denny quickly and then ...J ate them.
"Don't ever name a pig you plan to eat." Well, we did and Barbie is delicious about twice a week!
We found a cat in our freezer--alive--after 4 hours of enjoying snacks.
Donkeys make great guardian animals...well, that rarely works out. Ours tore up fences, fought with the horses, and stole calves she was supposed to be protecting.
We built four nice laying boxes for our chickens, only to find out that they prefer laying in the goats' hay (where eggs get trampled), and all 14 of them prefer to use the same box (must be like ladies always wanting to go to the restroom together--must be instinct).
"Stuff tends to break when it's loaned or borrowed." We have repaired quite a few things that are not our over they years and we have never gotten back and gotten back damaged farm goods from quite a few folks!
Then, there is the garden. So that we won't feel bad about all the stuff that coons get and that we let rot, we got a pig last year and that was a good remedy for that "failure." It never rains enough here for good melons really, but we still keep trying and our cantaloupes really made us proud a few years.
Our lawn mower takes so much time to repair that I am seriously considering bringing the goats up to visit this summer. "If it ain't broke, chances are it will be." This is the mantra of my hubby!
We had some new friends over recently and the next morning I went out in the yard with the kids to find something really welcoming. There was an enormous cow femur that was next to our sidewalk! I suppose from the looks of it that a coyote had enjoyed it and then our dogs brought it home. I am surprised our new friends did not go straight home.
"If at first you don't succeed, try raising rabbits..." Maybe that is a thought for next year.
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