Duckling Diaries: the Life and Times of a Welshie Trio

[shawluvsbirds]

Being I H bet it is worth a lot more than what you paid for it.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

The suspense is killing us Ralphie come on!

 

[duluthralphie]

That's what he said to start with but he wanted to ask his buddy to see if he was right first lol and we LOVE LOVE LOVE the tater digger, he knows a guy that has I h bolts.

I will find some on an auction and most likely have some here, BUT they will be in a far back corner or a drawer that has not been pulled out in 80 years or so...

 

[BantyChooks]

Now comes the bird pens/cages... and there are a lot of pictures, I think I missed a couple pens.View attachment 1042852 View attachment 1042853 View attachment 1042854 View attachment 1042855 View attachment 1042856 View attachment 1042857 View attachment 1042858 View attachment 1042859 View attachment 1042860 View attachment 1042861View attachment 1042863

Yep, some are pretty rough looking but, I need to make do with what I can this time of year....

Have I ever mentioned how much I love those pens? As for rough... You've evidently never seen what I kept the ducks in last year. Makes those pens look snazzy.

And finally the proof I am all country and in the sticks....

This is our deck as you can see and the chicken coop and run is right there so I can watch the birds while I sip a soda...(Pop, for all real people Soda for the southerners)View attachment 1042864


Next


across my garden that is just sunflowers, Beans and onions this year, with 3 cukes. View attachment 1042865



This is from my new orchard looking towards the house on the other side the shed/shop. View attachment 1042866
This is turned looking south over my new orchard. Which will produce at most 5 apples this year, the trees are pretty bare...darn deer need to die.. View attachment 1042867

This is a small field I have maybe 3-4 acres of clover and cover crops. I just planted it this spring. View attachment 1042868

This is the back side of my pole barn which has all the cages in it. Along with junk I am trying to clean out. View attachment 1042869
This is to the west of the orchard I have some pines planted, enough to give me Xmas trees for the rest of my life if the gophers stop eating the roots, This drops off sharply into a tamarack swamp. View attachment 1042870
Looking towards the south from NW corner of the shop.. View attachment 1042871

This is proof I live on a chicken ranch, who else would have one of these..it is also bad news for the lame toad that I have it out of the shed. View attachment 1042872

And this is how I stay my sweet humble self. I look at these big buildings I have and they are dwarfed by one of God's trees... Puts me in my place. View attachment 1042873

Again shows the scale of my work versus God's. I lose. View attachment 1042875


And one final thing to prove I live on a farm...BANTI can you match this??
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Now a question to see how many of you are real farm people... How many bushel of corn does this "gravity box" hold.....Think hard and do not jump on your first thought...LOOK IT OVER WELL Citidiots!!!

You forgot the view of the major highway on the other side...
Farm, yes, I'll give you that. Rural?? Nah.

Can't hear cars from my house, except the occasional ambulance a few times per year.

Your place is awesome! I love it. My husband is gonna answer your trivia question in a minute he is using the phone a friend card lmao! He don't wanna be wrong. You got him all riled up !

Hoo boy! Someone's determined.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Answered on p m so everyone else could take a guess. Your turn to photo bomb Banty let's see this off the grid place you live in I wanna see if it's really V W N lol!

 

[shawluvsbirds]

You can tell everyone now that I tried to Google that to see what it was. I think that's pretty hilarious now that I know! You can all get a good laugh at my expense that's ok! I wouldn't have ever figured it out. V W N. WE we saw B F E around here but I can't say what that means on the public forum.

 

[BantyChooks]

Answered on p m so everyone else could take a guess. Your turn to photo bomb Banty let's see this off the grid place you live in I wanna see if it's really V W N lol!

Most pics I have are of the yard covered in about 2' of snow. That okay?

You can tell everyone now that I tried to Google that to see what it was. I think that's pretty hilarious now that I know! You can all get a good laugh at my expense that's ok! I wouldn't have ever figured it out. V W N. WE we saw B F E around here but I can't say what that means on the public forum.

We're not above taking a good laugh at someone else's expense, believe me.

Let me go grab some pics...

 

[BantyChooks]

Last year's garden...

Maple leaves. Canuck syrup can't be beat, eh!

Below is probably the busiest road on this side of town....

Black-eyed susan

Coop in summer... This'll help give some scale before I dump the snow pics on y'all. Ain't the icy trees pretty?

Jace enjoying spring... She hates cold, so spring thaw is her favourite time of year, for the .4 seconds it lasts.

Coop two years ago

Living in the VWN isn't all frozen all the time... See?

Shelter in the woods... It's a few acres back, not sure how much exactly.

Watermelon trail

More lovely spring pics. This is the same area as later pics with snow... Keep that little planter on the bottom right in your mind as a depth reference.

Jace wanting me to come feed her...

Some deer that posed for me last year

See, it can get downright pretty at times. This pic was taken when I went into town... Had to pull over and get a picture there 'cos it was just so pretty. Images don't do it justice.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

My back alley is not paved lol

you have alleys?

Oh correction. . husband says it's 140 years old lol

so wheres the barn?

Ooh, now that's almost tempting. You do have calls, after all. Your house in the sticks?

we are def out there

Now a question to see how many of you are real farm people... How many bushel of corn does this "gravity box" hold.....Think hard and do not jump on your first thought...LOOK IT OVER WELL Citidiots!!!

lol love the trick question, love the tater digger

Hey, no phoning a friend!! That's cheating..

Did he like the tator digger? I think it is cool, I found IH markings on it so now I have to see if I can find a picture to paint it back to original colors...

I hate that I had to use a couple new bolts, I will be going to auctions to find the right ones. I could not find any in my junk.

it should be red with yellow wheels

I will find some on an auction and most likely have some here, BUT they will be in a far back corner or a drawer that has not been pulled out in 80 years or so...

was the farm in your family?

 

[BantyChooks]

you have alleys?

so wheres the barn?

we are def out there

lol love the trick question, love the tater digger

it should be red with yellow wheels

was the farm in your family?

Do you think he was counting the extension on it, or just the original gravity wagon?

W/o the extension would be real hard... I mean, no way to possibly guess...