A farmer works in acres not hours.
Drove through a lot of rain on Saturday, Sept 15, 2018, after finally getting away and leaving behind our home for the past 23 years in Houston. Saw a young deer cross the road from the yard as we drove up at 10:30 pm to our new full-time home. Pulled the 5’x8′ U-Haul trailer straight in […]
Continue Reading9/7/2018 – Fertilized them,with Miracle Grow as they looked malnourished. Advice is to feed often as they bloom all season.
Continue ReadingThis week had three major purposes: to haul the Lexus from Houston; to see the gutters installed just before the patios were installed; start the patios completing the one outside the kitchen. Sunday – Arrived and unloaded putting the car in the carport for the first time. Monday – Returned the UHaul Car Transport and […]
Continue ReadingThis was the trip for the gutter installation and to take the plants from the yard in Houston. We stayed in the “new” house for the first time.
Continue ReadingThis was Piper’s third time and Olivia’s first time at the farm. Piper is 6 and Olivia is 4 years old. We pulled a full 6′ x 12′ U-Haul trailer with Mary’s art, blank canvases, paper, and 5 lbs. of carrots to feed the horses and mules.
Continue ReadingGood progress this trip despite it being very hot by 10 AM until 5 PM. Mid 90’s with high humidity. Wednesday, 7/11/2018 – With a UHaul 6×12 cargo trailer loaded down we drove nine hours to the farm. Arrived on a very hot, humid afternoon. Unloaded the trailer stuff and got the AC going. Still, […]
Continue ReadingTuesday – Arrived after driving through the steady rain from Gulfport. It had slowed to a drizzle when we arrived and so got the TT hooked up and everything works. The rain made it much cooler so that was great. Wednesday Jeff the trim guy and helper arrived at 7:30 AM. Mary and I talked […]
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Retirement Begins At The Farm This was a great trip as we stayed 2 weeks–the first weeks of my retirement. Work on the house was transitioning from demo to rough in. We selected light fixtures, ceiling fans, granite slab for the kitchen counters, molding, doors, even toilets. We sprayed many weeds, trimmed 2 feet off […]
Continue ReadingMarch 30th, Signed the contract and sent with keys to Robbie Mullins of Robert Mullins Builders, Inc. 4/6&7/2017 – Demo began and made a lot of progress. Photos compliments of Peggy Knippenberg of Blue Moon Farms.
Continue ReadingSunday, March 12, 2018 – The truck and camper were loaded, the running lights worked but then went out. The brakes and turns worked and the running lights on the truck worked so it must be a wire came loose in the new 6-pin connector. The sun was almost up so we left Houston at […]
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