Tuesday August 15, 2006
My first attempt at a blog or website of any kind. I want to post our daily or exciting events and adventures at R Ranch the Reed Ranch. 
Today at the Ranch Asa was cleaning out the chicken coop and after digging through a combination of Poop and garbage ( old feed bags, ropes, containers etc..) he finally hit cement. It was down about a foot. He cleared out about a 4 foot section and it took most of the day. It is a nasty job with lots more of it.
He took a break from cleaning the chicken coop to plant some raspberry bushes which, Happy Birthday, our pet goat had eaten all of the leaves off and left nothing but twigs. While digging the hole to put the raspberry plants in he dug up some tire tubes, milk jugs bags of garbage that were burried. The spot chosen to plant the bushes was an unsuspecting location for trash. He was surprised but not that surprised.
We were told by the people at the landfill/transfer center "the previous owners of the farm never came here" and we are discovering years worth of garbage. The previous farmers were not the cleanest folks. They seem very nice but just not the cleanest.
Yesterday we took Woody, our Curly Coated Retriever, who is now 5 months old to a boat ramp at Hyde Lake in Plessis, NY. It was here where he learned how to swim. He did very good. So today Asa, took him down to our pond for some training. Our 3 year old went too and they caught some catfish and set a have a heart trap. On their way back my one year old and I hid in the tall grass and were going to jump out and scare them when the dog found us first. He has a good nose and ruined our fun. 
View of our pond at Dusk
We all got into the car and went to one of the State Parks near us and we had family shower time. It is so nice to have a fresh water shower at least once a week. It makes our hair feel so good. Our well water is very hard and has lots of iron in it. It doesnt come out of the faucet very clean. It looks ok until you put it in a clear container. It is hard for me to believe the previous owners of the farm drank it out of the tap. We have since put a sediment filter on the house. Before we did this you could decant the water out of a gallon jug. It was gross. We go to the laundry mat so our clothes dont get stained. But soon we will hopefully have a much better filter and will be able to at least wash clothes at home.
Below is the toilet that came with the farm house. YIKES! Stained from the Water!
1 comment:
Sarah & Asa, This is really nice, great idea. I love the pictures by the way, gives a true picture of just what you all are dealing with. The pond is beautiful, I had in my mind a much smaller pond, much like the ones you would see here.
Jackie
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