The Cat

The cat made an appearance today during daylight hours. He usually comes around at night and eats Betty's food and drinks her water. We don't mind having an extra cat around too much. He doesn't seem to beat up on her. I did see him marking the sheep table so we may have a problem eventually.

I think we should give him a name. Suggestions?

I got back from Florida yesterday. The direct flight from Orlando to Louisville was much nicer than having a stop in Charlotte. I had a good time down there and it was great visiting with Dad and Kathy and Bill. I'm still on vacation until Wednesday so I have a couple of days to do some stuff around here.

I looked in on the lambs. There were a few in the shed.

Poppy was sticking to me today. I think she missed me. 

I worked on the raised beds for the garden. 

We did some work on them over the winter. We moved them farther apart and finished the four small planters with fresh compost and weed cloth.

I pulled out the weeds and turned all the existing soil. It was still in good condition so I just added some new compost down the middle and mixed it in. 

They usually lose volume over the year. Sometimes I remove some of the old material and replace it but it still looked good so I left it in there. 

The vegetables love the compost.

The weed cloth makes a lot of difference. We'll need to pull it up because we're planting some seeds but it will keep the weeds down until planting. Also, these look like cat boxes to cats so it keeps them from using it as a toilet.

The second one was really bad. It's close to the bamboo and the runners like the compost soil too.

The bamboo is pretty but it is quite invasive.

Ready for weed cloth.

The garden is ready for planting.

I also changed the oil in the generators and the log splitter. 

I did the Generac first. It's up on blocks because my shallow pan wasn't shallow enough to fit under the frame.

The Husky went second. I did the zero turn before vacation. I'll do the tractors next.

I couldn't find my 14mm socket to do the Husky so I walked down to get the set out of the truck. It's parked down the hill with the stock trailer attached. We're taking Nike to the meat packers tomorrow. 

Fun Bobby was down there. He's doing pretty good. He got his tails and testicles treatment today. He'll be feeling better tomorrow.

Ivy got herself locked in the catch pen. The gate had been open and she managed to drop the latch and bump the gate closed. I let her out. It's good I needed the 14mm socket.

Poppy went, of course.

Luna too.

There were llamas

There were sheep