Everyone is Moving

Moving has been the theme around here this summer and I think it's fantastic. I love change and nothing can be better than moving and learning new things. To start it all off, James and Lindsay moved into the Farm house with mum early July. Their house on Ward rd. sold in record time and the closing date was just a couple of short weeks off. The succession plan has always been for James to move into the farm house, why not now? with his wedding just weeks away. Mum found a place in town she became quite smitten with and so the moving of 30 years of stuff out of a 3 story farm house became a second job for my sister and I. We quickly organized a moving sale and set off to unload unwanted/unused items. All said and done we made some cash and got rid of junk.



Our calves on pasture have just taken their first big move. you can see them here in this picture, they are mere flecks in the middle of this 5 acre paddock. Our hope is that the fresh start will lessen some of the dis-ease that was causing major sickness among these little guys. Coccidiosis, found in the old paddock was tormenting these young cattle to no end and living a life on meds was not something i want for them. Movement is the best practice for all health aspects of cattle care flies, and earth born disease like Coccidiosis especially.


In this photo you can see our meat pullets in a chicken tractor. James built three of these this summer, 2 for meat birds and 1 for laying hens. The idea is that they can eat some grass and live outside. The tractor gets moved every couple of days in order to keep the area clean.

This is a family photo taken at my grandparents 60th wedding anniversary, Just days before they moved into a retirement home. Nana loves that she doesn't have to cook anymore.