If you've ever tried any kind of improvement on anything, you would probably know that it takes a long time. A very long time. With sometimes unexpected results. Since we bought this property as a neglected wheat field, a lot of changes have been made. But, unfortunately, we're not even halfway to where we want to be. As every summer approaches, we make a gigantic list of things we need to get done on the farm during our free time. Then summer actually does come and we get thrown into a churning mass of business, and forget all about it.
Guess what? Now summer is over. And we are beginning a very big list of things to get done as soon as possible (which probably won't come very soon). Here are just a few things in our idealistic farm dream:
~The fields would be fenced so that our goats could graze happily about in a way that Joel Salatin's animals do on beautiful, healthy forage.
~The current goat fence would be fixed so that we don't have to worry about getting calls from distant neighbors right before mutual (a story for tomorrow).
~The chicken coop would have a wooden or concrete floor so that we wouldn't have to worry about skunks getting in and eating 2 dozen eggs a night. We killed another one today so we're going on seven.
~The buck would be separated from the does, and the babies would be separated from their mamas.
~ The driveway would be clear of chicken dung.
~And the lawn would be healthy. . .
Wish us luck with our fantasies!
