Tuesday, September 3, 2013

September 2013 Ranch Hands

Aloha all!!  August was a steady blur of adding new fence & always more tree cutting for fences!!  The critters meanwhile decided to reproduce like....  well, rabbits....  but also ducks, chickens & sheep!!!

Having the house complete just means the ranching tasks consume Mike's time.....  and for quite a while it's back to clearing land....  first for fences & then converting that acreage to pastures.

The top left pic is the "work face" as we reduce an overgrown strip, 410' long and 20' wide for the next fence project.....  that allows new chicken pens & garden expansion!!

Our ducks have been hatchings so there are always new batches of ducklings around us.

An island acquaintance called us before she moved "off island" so we brought another small flock to join our sheep.....  interestingly in 3 hours, they stormed &  normed.... we now have a  well behaved flock of 15 sheep out in our paddocks!

Boars: VI
Mongeese: CXIV