I worked outside yesterday all day. I built another one of my famous Pallet Palaces. It’s 6’x12’ because I had two 12’ R panels. I had 4 pallets and scrounged up some used lumber. I used my tractor to carry the pallets to the pen I’m building. They are the big solid heavy kind. I can’t pick them up to carry them. To put them in position, I pick up one end and walk them into place.
I opened the gate and called the fat girls. They ran out in the yard, I’ve been letting the grass grow. The ewes in the middle field ran into their pen, yelling because they wanted out in the yard too. It was quite deafening.
I told Carson he couldn’t come in the front field.
He looked so sad, I told him ok. He just wants to be with me or laying down where he can watch me. I don’t usually let him go in the Anatolians fields because that “belongs” to them. I had moved Sheba to the middle field or she would have been in the yard which belongs to Carson.
I parked the tractor and loaded the mule with tools. I put the 2 sheets of 12’ R panels on the back of the mule land bungee strapped them down. I took them to the front field and of course Carson rode in the front seat with me.
I needed 12’ 2x4s but only had 10’ long, so I spliced pieces on them to make them 12 feet long.
While I worked, the fat girls happily grazed the yard. I’ve just let it grow, hey, it’s good grass, why would I mow it and waste it? LOL Because of the new baby lamb, Carson needed to watch it to make sure it was ok. Do he’d come see what I was doing, then go back to check on the lamb. Finally he laid in the driveway where he could watch us both.
I have 5 ewes due this weekend, Pinto, the red ewe is due today. Or maybe a couple more days. She is so big! There’s twins in there.
This is Rainbow, named by youngest granddaughter. Purely white, dunno where the name Rainbow came from. LOL
Back to work! I spent a lot of time wandering aimlessly about, looking for the right scraps of this and that. My building projects tend to be tailored to whatever building materials I have on hand.
And a new Pallet Palace is born!
Today I need to finish the pen and fix some sort of a gate. Then I’ll have to sort out ewes and Rocky the ram, into the new breeding pen.
A small barn will go in this front field, but it’s not built yet, hence the need for a temporary Pallet Palace and pen. So far I have one load of dirt spread for a barn pad, need several more loads to raise up the barn to keep it dry inside. Then a larger barn will go across the driveway in the middle field that will also serve the back field. All in due time. It’s gonna take me awhile…..
