A Nice Morning

Good morning!
 At 7:00am, I could see well enough to not have to feed the chickens in total darkness. The sky is lightening nicely with just the remainder of a few clouds moving off to the east.   It is still pretty cool, at 17f above, but at least it's above. I think it is going to be a very nice day.

It has been a very dry winter here at Fringe Benefit Farm.  We have received less than 6" of snow, and a total of around 2" of rain. That is not going to be good for the grass.  I hope to be able to buy a couple of wiener calves this spring. We plan to sell one in the fall, and eat the other. Hoping for enough soil moisture to be able to provide enough grass to feed them without supplementing.  So, like every other cattleman, - Hey, a herd is a herd, no matter the size-  I'm hoping for enough rainfall, or snowfall to provide the soil moisture to grow the grass that will grow my stock.

One of the neighbors has put cattle in on the the harvested corn field across the ditch. He asked if he could put up a fence along my side of the ditch. I was delighted. I really didn't have enough money to build the fence to keep my cattle in, so it was a good thing for all concerned.  He put up the posts, and strung one wire, which he electrified. All I have to do is buy enough wire to string four more, and  Tadaa!  a fence. Ain't God good?Barbed wire is expensive, but fence posts are really expensive, and while calves are not too bad, they still cost. Hopefully, God will provide so that I can provide.

That's what farmers do. We provide. We provide for our families, and provide food for a hungry world.  In the end, there's not a lot of monetary profit in it, but the satisfaction index is very high. We know when that truck leaves with the last load of cattle, or sugar beets, or grain, or vegetable produce, we have done our part. Hopefully there will be enough to satisfy the banker too. But we all survive.

Not much else, Still busy making commercials here and there, and preaching the word of God. All is well on Fringe Benefit Farm.

Agape
Lee