We couldn’t believe the snow Sunday morning, October 14th!  We got a little less than 2″ and it stayed on the ground all day, but was gone by Monday.  A real awakening about the coming winter!  Guess we better get our projects done soon.  It’s been at freezing or below overnights, and in the 40’s during the day for the past week.  We are hoping to get some 60’s again so we can get the last hay field cut!  Meanwhile, the cows are in the last pasture of the season before going back to the winter paddock.  The bull left on October 8th.  We plan to get the cows preg-checked at the end of this month so we can decide who to sell.  We’d like to sell 3-4 pregnant cows in November.  In the next few weeks we plan to build an insulated pump house, put in a heavy duty fence so we can wean calves soon, and a few other smaller projects.  It’s a matter of getting it done before the real cold and snow sets in.  And, the time change is coming in early November.  We are also waiting for our renter to combine the corn on the top field so we can bale the leftover corn for bedding this year.  Wish we had one more month of warm weather!

 

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