The farm only received 0.11" of rain from Helene- just a wee fraction of what our friends and family to the east received.Grading blade pivot has been repaired and is fancy shmancy- Miss Massey is running like a top again!Acorn ...

Just one week back and chores are being completed- from replacing a yard hydrant, getting the 6' blade fixed, cleaning up in the garden and snipping a fingertip- Blind Hog and Acorn have been busy!The box blade Blind Hog bought himself ...

Blind Hog and Acorn are back from the 10 day trip to Iceland- what an adventure it was!Waterfalls, basalt columns, crazy wind and weather, lovely people.  You can check out photos on the Blind Hog and Acorn website- just look under...

Yup- September is almost here and time for the Blind Hog and Acorn to head out on an adventure...  This year?  ICELAND!Blind Hog is going along for the ride but Acorn is most excited...  Chores are gettig done, house clea...

Acorn got back from an unexpected trip to Texas, leaving Blind Hog to man the conn.  Seems like the farm did well under his watch and in Texas, ol' Frank is hanging in there- best as a 96 yr old can...Back on the farm for a week of...

Acorn did it at last!  The Massey Ferguson tractor is running again!  The last trick was discovering the micro inline gas filter that was hidden in the 90-degree connection from fuel line to carburetor.  Voila!Farm finall...

Blind Hog and Acorn forgot to record the podcast yesterday, remembering once they got in bed for the night.  Pffff...  It happens.Busy week with garage door seal strip repairs, purchasing Savanna goat kids from friends, and vi...

Acorn had to fly the coop last week when her Momma went to hospital.  Was scary for a bit, but the Queen Mum  is a fighter.  Expected full recovery!Acorn got back in time to watch a huge double-trunked walnut be removed f...

Yup- the new and improved chicken yard is up, complete with chicken wire reinforcement and electric strings on the top.  Soon, a single run of electric will be run on the lower outside to further deter climbing varmints. The pounding of t-...

Phew!  Talk about sweat'n!Blind Hog and Acorn got a new project put to the top of the list- seems a vixen has been responsible, at least partially, in the decreasing number of laying hens.  A new chicken yard is to be erected ...

Busy week at the farm...  Acorn fighting deer, Blind Hog on the mower...  Both farmers dealing with "natural selection" when it comes to goat kids.Sam killt a groundhog and made himself very happy.  A 13 pounder!  Bl...

Blind Hog and Acorn have been hot hot hot- working a bit outside them coming back in.  Sam decided that he likes being an indoor dog, well- unless he is hungry and wants a baby bunny...  ugh.Garden is starting to produce the p...

Blind Hog and Acorm welcomed Midsommar by picking blueberries at a local farm.  90 min for the two of them to fill their buckets, 13 lbs total.  Not bad for $30.Beef is what has been for lunch... NY strips and an arm roast.&nb...

Acorn is back to the farm after fun fun fun in Texas...   ALL the funs!Blind Hog figures he will soon need a white cane as he navigates the fields while afoot.  He and Sam commiserated while Acorn was partying it up.Mo...

Been a busy week on the farm as Acorn prepares to leave Blind Hog alone with Sam...  "Will they survive or will Acorn return to find the two just withered away???"Mechanical troubles raising their ugly heads...  Good news ...

Damn near 5 inches in 12 hrs or less...  Needless to say that Blind Hog's most perfect driveway grading this week got washed out down to the uneven bedrock.Blind Hog and Acorn recorded the podcast en route to Sam's Club for a 225' ...

"Official" start of summer, so Acorn told the cats they had to hand out under th3 carport, where they USED to hang out until they figured out how to go in and out of the dog door.  Speaking of which, the door has been boarded up until it b...

Blind Hog hooked up the brush hog and went at the pastures...  they all need clipping...Acorn had funs with the string trimmer before "graduating" to the zero-turn mower... Comical, to say the least...Hummingbirds have thei...

The aurora found the farm!  And, AND- it may find Blind Hog and Acorn again tonight as NOAA issued a G5 solar warning, G5 being "extreme."Blind Hog and Acorn learned about the workings of "vinyl replacement window companies..."...

The time came for out last two Dexter cattle to be sent to the butcher.  We did arrange for "on farm kill" for Mr Tasty the steer (the last calf born on the farm) and our good old Calpurnia (one of the first calves who ar...

Yes indeedy- rain is falling on the farm.  Blind Hog and Acorn got yard chores done earlier in the week and have a bona fide excuse to sit on their rumps and catch up on reading, English Premier League football, baking- all the usual thing...

Blind Hog and Acorn said goodbye to Skittles the macaw this week- the houseguest went back home.  In fact, the neighbors sent pictures- they have cleared the location of the house, pushed all the remains in a pile and will haul the metal t...

Warning!  There is a VER LOUD houseguest at the farm...What a week...  Eclipse, asparagus, quads, and our neighbor's housefire capped things off.  I just cannot imagine their loss.While they get themselves straigh...

Yup- 18 years ago Blind Hog, Acorn and the Badger, along with all the stuffs/animals/pickups/trailers- began the two day drive to Missouri...Monday is Eclipse Day...  So exciting.  The farm should see 99.4% totality.<...

BEES IN THE HOUSE!  Yes, mild panic ensued but 5 bees was 5 more than needed. One of Acorn's nightmares...  Turns out, it was a few mason bees hatching out after hibernating in the bark of firewood that Blind Hog bro...