Newsletter #318 2025 Jul 31 Thursday
Firewood, pastures fencing, meat birds and pigs updates, oxen, you name it; it's a busy time. Several videos this week, shorts, as I made the rounds.
Primal Woods
The second batch of meat birds are doing well, and growing fast; we have had them for a week as of yesterday, which would put them at 9 or 10 days old.
Sawmill Services
I love it when I get to see what has been done with lumber we have rough sawn. I am not a craftsman, but I so enjoy what they are capable of! These are just a few of George’s pieces. Beautiful.
Firewood!
Our help from Hillsdale arrived, and we managed to split and stack two cords, more or less. If they had not brought a second log splitter with them there is no way we would have made it. A heartfelt thanks to Jeff, Desmond, and Billy. In the video Desmond is wearing a white shirt, Billy a blue shirt.
And the work has continued since, and with any luck Timothy and I will be working on it yet this afternoon.
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Pure Maple Syrup
I want to thank Gary and Carol for a couple of particularly large Pure Maple Syrup orders this week! Every sale helps to keep the lights on, doors open, etc. Thank you Gary and Carol!
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Sheep
Work on Sheep Pasture has continued, particularly on the East side, with the longest unbroken fenceline on the property. Clearing work inside and outside the fenceline, H-bracing at the ends, and pulling Woven Wire.
On the following Tuesday, this week Tuesday, we pulled the woven wire; Timothy had spent the intervening days cleaning up the trees that I had felled.
In the above image, I am managing the tensioning of the fence while Timothy is stapling the fence to the posts along the fenceline. The tractor is very handy in this application.
Oxen
The Oxen are in Paddock #7; so they’ve been moved twice in the last 8 days.
They will be making their way into Paddock #9, and then make the turn North to Paddock #10 soon. But first, a brief look at the Oxen from the Barn.
As mentioned in the video, there has been work going on in the Oxen Pasture as well, especially along the North fenceline that runs East-West atop of Paddocks #2, 4, 8 and 10; here is a closer look at that work.
Back to the “short on pasture” comment in the first Oxen video; some of the “shortage” might be due to mismanagement on my part.
Pigs
Picked up Pig feed yesterday; distributing it today. And interacting with the Pigs a bit.
Chickens
The Meat Birds after a week and a day …
And the gallery of images from last week for comparison.
Before moving on I just want to drop a short “Public Service” announcement on your regarding stay safe … came to mind while I was with the Pigs …
Farmhouse Airbnb
Pretty soon you will be able to pick some fresh fruit, without the usual toxic cocktail of pesticides and herbicides, when staying at the Farmhouse; the Pears are looking great! And see some pretty flowers.
News and Notes
So. The news is mostly revealing that the news from earlier times was fake news, mis-, dis-, mal-information, straight-up propaganda, part of a psyop … anything but actual news. But, revealing this, exposing the corruption, at least for many, will have no impact; it’s like the orignal “news” showing up on the front page of the paper, above the fold, and the retraction or correction showing up on page 14.
In short, the damage is already done. The whole point of the Russia Collusion hoax was to derail Trump’s first term, which it did; it cost $32 million and took Mueller 22 months to establish and report in March 2019 that there was no collusion. And still, 6-1/2 years later …
Astonishingly, 60% of Democratic voters still think “the Trump campaign colluded with the Russian government to win the 2016 election”, according to the poll of 1,014 Likely Voters conducted on July 6-7.
A whopping 69 percent of liberal voters still cling to the Russia collusion hoax, compared to 27 percent of conservatives, and 45 percent of moderates. Among all voters, more believe it unlikely (49 percent) than likely (42 percent).
Sometimes I just have to wonder, “why bother?”
Books & Such
I am re-reading The Sermon on the Mount, by Emmet Fox.
At the same time I am re-reading Matthew Chapters 5-7; the actual Sermon on the Mount, by Jesus, as documented by Mattew. I am coming to some different conclusions this time round.
All the best to you and yours. and may God bless you all.
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All the best, and may God bless you and yours,
John & Geri
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