Sometimes, I join Leon for his afternoon walk. I think Monday nights will be my weekly walk because we have no power at that time every week. Last week, I caught some beautiful snapshots of the afternoon.
It is so beautiful, so peaceful here on the farm. When I'm out walking, I am overcome with the beauty in my life and I wonder why I don't go for a walk more often!!
Here is a classic picture of life here. Yes, we have green grass. BUT, you must irrigate. :) On the right is grass that we are letting rest for the winter. Soon, the rye grass on the left will die and the star grass on the right will be fertilized and irrigated.
These fields are for the night grazing for the cows. The watchmen count out a specific distance and set up the electric fence. The cows are put in there to graze after the afternoon milking. They eat their fill, then are put in paddocks closer to the milking barn for the morning milking.
One major thing Leon has completed this year was to lengthen the electric fence around the farm. This has done several things. First of all, it has made the paddocks in the picture above more organized and clear. (I guess, this would be an improvement for me alone!!) Now, it is very easy to see how the night paddocks are laid out. Before, I struggled to understand where the cows were exactly and where they were going next. Now, you can clearly see the two fields of rye grass and the two fields of star grass. Also, he has managed to get at least one ant hill flattened and lots of rubbish trees removed because of installing the new fence. Another benefit of the new fence is that the cows don't have to walk as far for night grazing and they are safer within the realm of the electric fence. Lastly, having a wider electric fence has instantly created a very nice walk for me and Liesl within the farm. Any time I talk of safety on the blog, I try to re-iterate that I am very safe here. However, I don't necessarily feel too comfortable walking very far outside the fence by myself. Yes, I will do it. Yes, Leon would agree I'm fine, I just don't make a practice of it. However, there's a very nice little walk out the back of the property to a little retention pond for me and Liesl and I quite enjoy it!
Another peek into life here...
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How fun! And congratulations on the family! (Last time I came to your page, you were just beginning wedding planning and my husband was just leaving for a deployment... obviously, it's been a while since I've done any blog hopping!) Glad to see you are doing well! :D
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