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| Not having garden tools right next to the garden where they are easy to get to, and put away. Its better to have one shovel in the barn, and one in shed right at garden. Any one else have ideas? Plants not to plant near....? What not to feed animals....? What crop not to plant...? What tool was a waste of money to buy?
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I found the things I lust after the most are typically the things that once I get, I seldom use.
For instance I wanted a set of forks for my tractor in the worst way, and finally I went out and bought the steel and built them. I very seldom use them though once they were built. I just got so used to using the bucket to push up tree length wood, move bales around and other stuff that its more of a waste of time to put on a set of forks then it does to use a chain to move stuff with the bucket.
In my woodworking shop, I lusted after a hollow chisel mortise attachment for my drill press...same thing once I got it, I seldom used it. And the same thing for my panel raising router bits...never use them as I found other ways to get by.
So now when I find myself lusting after this or that, I try to take a step back and say, "would I really use it?" Its saved me money thinking that way.
I love vegetarians...slice them real thin, dip them in ranch dressing and they compliment lamb quite well! :-)
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The ONE big mistake I made was buying some cheap sheep. A local University had their flock of sheep for sale and a rock bottom price, I mean pennys per pound. They told me they had some "foot issues" so I asked around. Most people said pass on them as it could be worse then what they said it was.
I was pretty cocky and thought "its probably just due to a lack of management, not having one person in charge, and not knowing what they were doing." So I brought them home.
So far these sheep have cost me around $12,000 dollars in labor, vet bills, meds, time, culls, etc. The worst part is, I have introduced a bacteria that is forever present in the soils here. Without a question it was by biggest, most far reaching, most stupid mistake ever, all because I thought with some hard work I could beat it.
Yes I will eventually get some genetic resistant sheep to it, and I will eventually be able to farm profitably despite it, and I have learned a lot as I dealt with it. But it was an expensive education and an expensive way to get my genetics improved.
Stupid sheep! (LOL)
I love vegetarians...slice them real thin, dip them in ranch dressing and they compliment lamb quite well! :-)
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| Bad animal mixes I will not try again: pheasants and meat chickens pigeons and chukars bird dogs and barn cats bird dog and pony ram and pony goat and pony - ok, I see the pattern develping on this one meat birds and bottle rockets (ok, that's more a problem of mixing meat birds with an 11-yr old boy, but I won't repeat it :) Some of these resulted in sudden death, slow death, or simple inconvenience - I found it's best to check with folks before I start throwing animals together and assuming it will work :)
Muddy Run Farm -- clean floors are highly overrated
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| Not throughing away the rubber boats with holes in them. It never falls on a muddy day they are the ones I reach for and walk in. I've tried using an intertub patch kits on them, but the repair does not stay for long. As BB and I had a conversation going on another post. I WILL NOT BE PLANTING FAVA BEAN ANYWHERE ON THE PLACE. Not keeping the flash light fully charged. Now with the bobcat along with the coyotes running around I need it going strong on me in the middle of the night and not going out on me half way back to the house. Kicking myself here...feeding old grapes to the flock...lost an Americana to one stuip grape when she ate it whole and it got wedged in her throat. Found her dead the next morning and when I turned her upside down and put a finger in her throat out came that stupid grape. NO MORE GRAPES FOR THE FLOCK EITHER.
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| That is one thing I have gone away from completely. No more flashlights with throw away batteries. Always dead when you need them, or coroded. If you have a battery operated drill, get a flashlight to go with it. I also keep a hand crank flashlight around for a backup.
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| Good Lord...will I ever learn that starting thousands of seedlings is always too much? I can't help myself!
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| Just let your chickens have an hour or so on them and they will cut you down to none. P2 is now down to 14 chickens and it took them a few hours to wipe out the mustard greens that he planted. This morning I saw his keets had found his crimson clover, so I'll see what is left when I get home this evening using my rechargeable flashlight to feed up. Old habits whether right or wrong are oh so hard to break. But you still got to love it.
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| I've made so many mistakes, I didn't know where to start but last night (or yesterday rather) the goats and pigs got out AGAIN!!!! I can't tell you how many times I have fixed this area's fence. And it all started when I hired two "temp" workers and my 13 year old to put up the fence while I was doing something else. I would come over and ask if they were doing OK and they said yes. Guess the reason was because they weren't doing it worth *&%*&%*%^&%^ At any rate, the lesson learned is not to trust people who don't know what they are doing. Next spring I am going to take it all down and start over. Oh the joy of wasting time!! Mary Ann
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Mistakes are merely discoveries waiting to be found.
and I have found...
a boar pig will find a way out of his pen.
your stud horse will get out of any halter and lead rope
you tie him up with.
the mare that is tied up near the stud horse
has [u]no idea how to get out of her halter and lead rope.
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goats will chew up and eat anything, and they are fast !
they can chew your stud horses lead rope in half
before he can get out of his halter.
so we all know
armor all on a motorcycle seat is bad,
I can personally report that show sheen on your horses back is worse !
Rats will bite you, especially the ones that are tame.
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