Fence and the Ladies

Wow! It certainly has been a long time since I have posted, and I apologize for the delay. Andy and I have been incredibly busy with not only the farm but life in general.

As the school year is coming to a close, I have finally begun my Masters program, and it is safe to say that I am extremely overwhelmed. So far, I am handling everything quite well I believe. It is all about time management!

Not only is Andy working on our farm on his days off but as most of you know, he works on a rig in North Dakota. He is one of the hardest working men I know! Life as we know it is work, work, work. There is always something to be done.

Let me update you on the progress on the Jenkins farm! Andy and his dad, Greg, have taken a hiatus from working on the house to building the fence around the whole entire place to ensure that the cattle don't get out onto the highway or in our neighbor's pastures. I never realized but building fence is HARD! Oh my goodness. One day Andy drove 110 steel posts, and I thought by the time he got home, he was going to drop! Needless to say, he slept really good that night. We have also had Kaleb, a welder that Andy and Greg know, come and do some work for us. He has been extremely instrumental in getting the corner-posts built as well as the corral. All of the fence and corral has finally been finished and it looks awesome!

Here is a picture of the fence that is stretched across the first 40 acres of our land. After this was completed, Andy, Greg, and I spent a Saturday working cattle and getting them current on their vaccinations. Once that was completed, we moved 40-something over to our place where there is fresh pasture.

It took all of 30 seconds of being off of the trailer for the ladies to begin grazing. They seem to be enjoying their new home! One of the neighbor's bulls keeps crossing the fence (that wasn't replaced because it seemed to be in good condition). I think he likes this set of cows! But hands off Mr. Bull...they have a different man who will be coming to the farm shortly.

Now that the fence is completed, I will have a lot of painting to do. Yes, I am the lucky one who will get to acid wash the steel and then paint it. All in the name of beauty, right? We are going to paint it all white since we will be using white trim on the house. It is going to look great when we are finished...it is just the getting there part.

The Jenkins farm is coming together now if only I could say the same for the house! The last day of school is this Friday and Andy comes home that day as well. We will have a little over a week together at home before he goes back to work and I teaching start summer school...and you betcha we will cookin' and bookin' on the house!

Until next time,
Brittany