Annmarie had a thing this weekend so I was alone in the house for part of Friday and Saturday. Which really meant I stayed up late and watched movies. On Friday afternoon the neighbors texted to say that the cows and sheep were in their field. As I was headed up to get them another neighbor called to tell me her husband had seen them on his way home. He said the cows and goats but we have hair sheep that look very similar to goats if you are not used to them. Whenever I go to retrieve animals I always use the tractor. They are not very afraid of the tractor as they are used to seeing it and it usually brings food so they like it.
The cows and sheep ran onto our property up by the the 90 degree corner and there is no way to get to a gate that way. So I had to drive out there and chase them back to the road and down toward the wheat field. I really need to put a fence down there but the ground is horrible and I need a road a little higher up on the hill so we don’t sink into the mud in the spring. So I started to cut a road since it had just rained on Friday. I figure I can just slowly work on it every time it rains I will be able to go another 10-30 feet and eventually I will get the road in place. I would like to make the road wide enough that I can fence one side and it will be easy to work on .
The cows and sheep went back in and this time I actually shut all the gates necessary to keep them locked up in the pasture. I forgot one last weekend and it took them six days to find the open gate.
So Sunday morning, after I had mowed down by the schoolhouse, Annmarie calls to tell me that the butcher cows are out and on the driveway. I have no idea how they would get out and asked her if they were our cows. She sent a picture. So the Gingerman and I went out and again I fired up the tractor and raced the cows to the end of the driveway as they would not let me pass them in the tractor. The nice thing is since I widened the driveway down by the cattle guard the cows took a detour instead of running and jumping the cattle guard. I pushed them back towards the Gingerman and they ran right into the field. We opened up the gates so they can get to the hay in the orchard at any time. I am still not sure how they got out of the fenced in area. Honestly, I am not!
The Gingerman and I unloaded the compactor and I put it in the gazebo as that is where it will be needed next. We also unloaded the large frame parts for Annmarie’s new loom. I think it is going to take up about 35% of the room. It will be a pretty big loom once set up.
