The old saying says that you have to make hay when the sun shines. I’ve decided that another good saying would be, “When January is coming, pound in fence posts when the temperature hits 60º and the ground is soft!” So … since the all of those factors were the case this evening I spent the night outside with my headlamp and post driver. Here it is almost January and I find myself still preparing for winter … it’s not something I’m happy about, but it is reality so I’m taking it as it comes.
What I’m trying to finish up is the winter area for the pigs. I have the hut for them … I have the straw for them … I have the spot picked out … I don’t have the fence done quite yet. But, I will have it done soon and then hopefully everything will come together quickly. The place I have for them is north of my shed and I’m going to place some tin along the west and north sides of the fence and of course they will have the hut to go inside that will have straw bedding. It should work out this year for the few pigs I have and then I’ll see what happens next year.
Not much on the farm is very permanent and this new pen I’m building fits into that “not very” category. I’m just finding that most of the time I’m not quite sure exactly where I want something on the farm, so it is best to keep things simple and then just change it up if I don’t like it. It may take a little more work in the beginning because I’m always putting up … tearing down … and putting up again, but I think in the future it will make the farm better suited for me and the way I want to farm.
For the time being though … I’ll just take all the 50º plus days I can get!
That sure sounds a lot like me right now. Everything here seems to be temporary, and like you I am still building the fencing for the hogs. They were already supposed to be here, but I seem to be so far behind. Good luck with the fence posts!!