Baymule’s Farm

[Carol Dee]

Even with my knee feeling like somebody was driving screwdrivers through it with a sledgehammer, I just powered through the pain and hit it like a hurricane.
Now- not so much. But I’ll just keep going, and you will too, and we’ll get back to being a storm on 2 feet.

I have NO doubt you will

 

[baymule]

It has rained all day. I unpacked 8 boxes, found a place for almost everything and broke down the boxes. A friend came over with her daughter and she played with my 2 younger granddaughters. We all had hot tea and a nice afternoon.

 

[baymule]

I finished improvements to the hoop shelter. I dragged 4 of those super heavy pallets to the sheep lot and put 2 on each side to block wind. Now with the 2 Quonset hits, there is plenty of room for them to get out of the weather. It looks quite cozy now!

 

[Carol Dee]

I finished improvements to the hoop shelter. I dragged 4 of those super heavy pallets to the sheep lot and put 2 on each side to block wind. Now with the 2 Quonset hits, there is plenty of room for them to get out of the weather. It looks quite cozy now!

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That does look cozy. Be careful not to hurt yourself (knee) Dragging and moving heavy things.

 

[baymule]

That does look cozy. Be careful not to hurt yourself (knee) Dragging and moving heavy things.

If I can’t pick it up, that’s a pretty good indication that I shouldn’t. Soooo I just drag/walk it to where I want it to go. The 2 pallets across the back are lighter and I put them in the back of the truck and drove them there.

 

[baymule]

My neighbor asked about the grass in my back field. I said it was ok for his cows to graze it. He opened the gate and they lost no time in finding the grass. When I fed the sheep, the cows came up to see if I had something for them. Sheba didn’t like that. She stood between the cows and her sheep, having a stare down contest.

 

[AMKuska]

Yep, @baymule it takes twice as long as we want it to, just to get back to some form of normal. I still do not have the strength and stamina I had, with the bad knees... and it is VERY FRUSTRATING.... Plus, I gained weight the 2 years before with the ankle replacement and the knees hurting so much... and now cannot seem to take it off. Been doing a "calorie" watch.... careful of intake... and since I am not a big snack person, don't keep much in the house anyway.. it is hard to cut things that most people suggest. Averaging 1000 calories a day and many times less... Again, my fathers side of the family is all pretty "sturdy" built... so I come by it with genes too... but I am going to try to get back to some more disciplined exercising because I hate the lack of stamina and energy....
I just need to get off my butt and DO MORE....
The cold seems to get to me more too... maybe the metal parts attract the cold ??? . That doesn't get me out in the cold doing stuff like I should....

I'm not sure if it is the same in humans as it is in dogs, but in dogs gut bacteria play a big role in how easy it is to gain weight. Here's the best link I can find on what we know about gut bacteria/weight in humans: https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/do-gut-bacteria-inhibit-weight-loss

 

[baymule]

Yesterday I saw cows in my front field. The fence is taken down by the house, I called Peggy. The cows came down the driveway fence to my yard fence. I ran out with a broom and shooed them back up to the front fence. Bennett came on his 4 wheeler and with his dog. He got all but 4 back in his lot. They had broken off a fence post and the fence fell over. 4 cows got in the woods by the house, which drove the dogs nuts. They were barking crazy, still barking when I went to sleep at 10:30, lulled off to sleep, knowing my sheep were safe from marauding cow monsters.

 

[seedcorn]

They wanted to play with your sheep. & who said cattle and sheep can’t get along?

 

[Rhodie Ranch]

Ah, the taste of freedom and different things go eat!!