Cows and Pigs and Fences

9/14/07 - 6th Day - Afternoon. Preparation of the Sabbath. The weather here has been remarkable and beautiful and we are thankful for it. We are working on fences, and many other projects here around the land. The children and I have been getting Holga re-trained and ready to start milking here on Monday morning. We bring her down to the corral twice a day and give her a bucket of sweet grains, tie off her feet and basically go through the motions of milking her. We won't milk her until Monday because we don't want to separate her from her calf for a night until then. We also have been saddling up Holga and letting the children ride her while I lead her around. Chris Woods has been working on my front (North) pasture fence, while I have been working on the fence around the new pig farrowing area.

I guess I should tell you that Jethro, our injured little piglet, died on Wednesday. He did the best he could and put up a good fight, but I figured the odds were about 20% of him making it through the first week. The other six piggies are doing great, and I am very pleased with how the 'ol sow is handling motherhood. On the Lord's Day the piggies will be a week old, which means in another month we can start weaning them from momma.

The cows and calves are all doing fine. Once we are done fixing the north fence and putting up a new gate, the cows will have several more acres of fine grass to munch on going in to winter.

I hope you all have listened to the Meekness, Part 2 sermon and I hope you find it valuable.

Your servant in Christ Jesus,

Michael Bunker