Hoshi

Flower boxes, drainage, heifer, ewe and gravel.

 I had to dig out the gravel so the flower boxes would sit level.

 This is the first one. The other one is uphill from it. They both have dirt in them.

 Hoshi the heifer. She is the other one Nelson found for Lisa.

 We moved Ivy's habitat. The vet said to try and keep her isolated for at least another week to prevent her parasites from spreading to the rest of the herd. She has the whole tractor port for shade and some grass for grazing. She can also get to the old bale of  hay. Lisa locks her in the trailer at night since she doesn't have a llama to guard her.

 We dug out along the sides of the slab and along the garage.

 Lisa tunneled under the conduit.

 1.5 tons of gravel on a 1/2 ton truck.

 We got about half of the gravel in before it got dark.

 The perforated drainage tile is getting hard to find here in the 10' sections. We only had enough to get about half way along the side of the garage. We snubbed it out and put an end cap on it so the critters would stay out.

 I think Lady wanted to herd Ivy.

 Paige.

Elsie the Heifer

Nelson found Elsie at the auction and thought Lisa would like her. He really would prefer we switched to cattle and got away from sheep. Lisa did like her because, as you can see, she is spotty and beautiful!

 She is a Holstein.

 She is still a heifer until she has a calf.

 She is well put together with nice sturdy legs.

 Here is one of her other side. You can see Hoshi peeking out from the shed.

 She was sniffing at Ivy.

 Hoshi in the shed. I'll try to get some better pictures of her. She is the other one Nelson found for Lisa at auction.

 Yogi and his cowlicks. It looks like a toupée.

 Paige.

Smoked Pork Roast

We had a pork roast on the smoker yesterday. It stayed on a little longer than necessary because we were working on sheep, but it was still excellent.

 Originally Lisa talked about doing pulled pork with it but we had slices with baked potato.

 Maybe she'll pull the next one.

 Lisa was painting the boards for her new flower boxes. The dog by the refrigerator is Lady. She is a rescue we are fostering. They say she came from an animal hoarder.

 Ivy is in seclusion while she recovers from a parasite. She went to the vet on Tuesday. She was in the trailer Tuesday night and was doing better Wednesday so we added the panels so she could come out and graze. The sliding door on the trailer is open and she hops in there for shelter. Her babies were a little over six weeks so they got weaned early.

  We think she has the same thing that killed Lulu last month. We hope she pulls through, she's a good ewe. She was Lisa's first bottle lamb. She seems to be doing better. She's up on her feet and she's eating.

 Lady came to us through Sheltie rescue. She's overweight and someone hacked her hair off. She has a good disposition and gets along with the other dogs. They move a lot faster than she does so she has trouble keeping up with them.

 Lisa has bathed her three times in the two weeks she's been here and combed all the mats out. She came with the name Lady. Lisa was going to call her Caddy. I wanted to name her Lotta, as in "That's a Lotta dog". That didn't go over too well, so Lady it is.

 Paige displaying her enthusiasm at having a foster dog and convalescing sheep.