Chickens in the Road

Unaccustomed Activity (and Second Tango Winner)

Suzanne McMinn — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:56:23 +0000

Look at that. A plow! I’ve never seen such a thing before! (It’s on its way back in this photo, after turning around at the end of our farm. That’s as far as it goes.) It’s snowing, which is unexpected due to the fact that I haven’t paid any attention to the news this week. [...]

A Crushing Event

Suzanne McMinn — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:45:39 +0000

This has been a very difficult week here. If you want to read a more fun post, go here and stop reading this one right now and do not ever come back to it. (If I could pretend this never happened, that would be my choice, FYI. I try to give you good advice.) I [...]

Tango Card Winner & Second Chance

Suzanne McMinn — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:46:35 +0000

Random.org selected #171 — willsahna, email me at CITRgiveaways@yahoo.com. If you would like a digital card, let me know and it will be sent to your email address. If you would like a physical Tango Card, please send me your mailing address. Congrats! 171. I’d probably use it to buy new plants for the back [...]

Win A Tango Card

Suzanne McMinn — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:31:59 +0000

Recently, I was approached by the people at Tango, who invited me to offer a giveaway here for a $50 Tango Card. The Tango Card is a flexible gift card that can be redeemed for name brand gift cards like Amazon or SpaFinder, donated to charity, or even redeemed for cash. So for example, imagine [...]

Finished Product

Suzanne McMinn — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:30:56 +0000

It’s working great so far! (The pipes now release into the creek on the other side of the fence.) It was nice that the previous owners left a big pile of gravel for me to use. (You can see it top right in the photo, outside the fence on the other side of the rear [...]

4-H Project

Suzanne McMinn — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:11:34 +0000

My cousin tracked down two children’s tractor workbooks for me. Level A and Level B. I hope you don’t actually have to drive the tractor till Level B. I shall start with Level A! Which might yet be above my head….

Two Pipes to Nowhere

Suzanne McMinn — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:34:41 +0000

The problem: Constant flooding of the barn drive, the front barn yard, and the rear barn yard from the culvert in the creek that appears to be clogged or collapsed. The situation as one can understand it from the surface: There is a cement culvert with two pipes at the barn drive. Two pipes going [...]

Archaeological Dig

Suzanne McMinn — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:23:43 +0000

Dave and Matt are working on my culvert problem today. It turned out to be much more serious, much more bizarre, and yet at the same time much more simple than anyone could have ever guessed. (Full details tomorrow!)

Barn Tour – Storage Side

Suzanne McMinn — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:32:53 +0000

Completing the barn tour, I’ll take through the side that’s all about people. Which is not to say that goats and sheep haven’t been in there, because if you leave that door hanging open for more than two seconds, anyone in the area is going to clamber on up the steps and come in. Though [...]

Daffodils in February

Suzanne McMinn — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:38:44 +0000

I’ve been really looking forward to spring on Sassafras Farm. My first spring on the new farm! I don’t even know what all is growing around here! I can’t wait to see the flowers. Only…. I have daffodils trying to bloom in February, tricked by the strange mildness of the season. Daffodils bloom in Texas [...]