We spent the day checking fences,
Repairing any that needed fixing
And taking down the electric fence in Romeo’s part of the farm.
When the cows come they get the whole farm. They do an excellent job of munching down all the weeds….all of them.
Romeo has selective tastes. Romeo is also a stud horse, so must be corralled until after the calves come and they all leave. He will herd the cows constantly, which isn’t a good thing.
We had extra help…Min-Min
Boomer, who always helps,
and if you look closely at this photo
Willow cat helped!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
Fence time! All hands and all paws on deck.
Love and licks,
Cupcake
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Yep! And then the cows come…complete with cow patties and beef jerky and milk duds! You would LOVE it here, Cupcake. Your Mom not so much. My Mom dreads me finding all those things, but I LOVE IT! Boomer
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Hello, the Header pic is fantastic. Mim-min’s markings are amazing: makes her look like she’s part Lynx. As ALWAYS your pix are wonderful–I feel like I’m there, crunching along the fence lines. Looking forward to seeing the cows & calves in the fields. It’s no wonder you & Terry stay in great shape. You are hard working farmers!
I have one old part of a fence on my 1/4 acre yard & I need to tear it down & hire someone to put up a concrete bulkhead in it’s place. A large black bear uses my yard as a shortcut to go
up the mountain from my house.
A bigger task for me is to get manure & leaves worked into my 5 raised beds & about 500 x 4 ft
of border gardens. I sorely miss my husband (he died 15 months ago) doing the job. My “girls” will be so happy with the food put there for them. And my plants will luv their castings.
Take care, stay well, & give Boomer pats from me. Sandy
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OH! Sandy! I am so sorry about the loss of your husband! The void must be tremendous! Hugs to you my dear friend!
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Hmmm. I bet Boomer, Willow and Min-Min are big help. Real real big help!
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I always worry the cats stray too far and a big bird or a coyote or something picks them off. It’s always a relief when they turn around.
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It’s nice to have so much good help checking the fences. I imagine Boomer is getting excited about the cows coming soon.
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He loves the TREATS! Not so much the mother cows. 🙂
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I can picture a shepherd horse bossing the cows around. 🙂
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He is rather mean to the cows. We have two new babies out there!
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I wondered whose fluffy tail that I was
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WILLOW!!! He is always up for helping!
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love 💘 Willow! ☺
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Me too…he is a Norwegian Forest Cat.
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[J] Willow is a human-socialized cat! They love to be involved – love to be part of what the human family is doing. We know an old island crofter who walks a mile to his ‘runrig’ plot out on the machair (a strip of ground on the fertile sandy ground near the Atlantic shore, allocated annually by the clerk of the commons for growing arable and vegetables) – the cat follows him out, watches him do his digging and weeding, and then walks back with him, for a saucer of milk by the Rayburn. Enjoy your family farming!
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What a neat story! I do believe in the love of animals for us!
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Yea ~ I know how much you enjoy the yearly visit from the cows. Looks like your weather is puurrfect!
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It is! It feels like SPRING!
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Good that you have so much help coming. All hands on deck getting ready for spring. It is coming, right?
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It feels like spring is coming! YAY!
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Wonderful help you have there Linda .. fancy Romeo herding! Do you still ride him?
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He’s Shannon’s stud. She rides him and plays with him. I just enjoy him.
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