Right now it is 6pm and 111 degrees outside. During the hottest parts of the day the heat can soar up to a 118 easy. At least that is the highest temperature I have seen on our thermometer. With the weather so hot we have started doing a few things different. First, we are now getting up at the crack of dawn to get anything we need done outside done. Then there are more water trough filling trips to the barn yard as well as the pump running every moment there is water in the well and let us not forget that there is a whole lot less cooking going on in the kitchen so we don't heat up the kitchen, which is the biggest room in our house.
This morning was no different. Mom and I got up at day break and headed out with a few chores on our minds. There are always things that need to be done around here and the heat can't stop us or things might go wrong. Let me back up and explain. There is one other thing I have been trying not to post here and that is that we have large Coyotes around here. Well, I am sure you knew that but what the trouble is that with the drought they are having to look harder for food and water. The water they are finding is our pond and without Ranger we have been worried that they will look to our flock/herd as food. We have woven wire fence to keep them out but we had one spot that was needing to be fixed. The more we fixed the worse it seemed. So, this morning we took out a new role of wire and refenced the whole section that was older. Mom says she will sleep a bit easier knowing we are doing everything we can to keep the coyotes at bay.
While I wired up the new fence section, Mom took on the chore of spraying all the pens for weeds. She always says it amazes her how we are so dry that the ground has large cracks in it and the grass seems to be burning up but the weeds are thriving... Anyway, she sprayed all the pens. From the Man pen to the shetland pen to the Empty holding pens. The East pen is now empty because with the end of the haying season comes the leaving of the heavy equipment and work crews. That means the pasture is now safe for Sweet Hope, Charlie and Juneau. So we turned them out. Hope has had a grand time rolling and wondering the pasture exploring ...