{"id":11644,"date":"2026-06-15T19:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T23:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=11644"},"modified":"2026-06-15T19:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T23:04:10","slug":"busy-busy-busy-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2026\/06\/15\/busy-busy-busy-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Busy, busy, busy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lately, we’ve been busy from dawn till dark it seems. As some of our corn in the Sand and Wolf Gardens did not come up strongly due to the drought, I needed to till and replant those spots. But first, we had grandson Mason’s graduation party to attend. A lot of the family was able to come. Even daughter, Monique, from Ohio, was there, along with daughters, Tricia and her family, Randie and her daughter, and granddaughter, Memphis. I hadn’t seen them in a long time! Then there were old neighbors from the Oak Lake area and friends from times past. It was wonderful. Son, Bill and his family did a great job hosting the scads of folks who attended. All in all, it was a wonderful day.<\/p>\n

But boy were my knees killing me! Too much sitting and visiting, I guess. Both Will and I were so tired the next day we couldn’t believe it! Then we had to get ready to do a video tour and visit as we are in the process of adding a Belgian Malinois from the MAD Rescue, to our home. I didn’t have a clue how to do this so son, David, did the video as Will and I answered lots of questions. Gee, I adopted five children and an entire Vietnamese family of 9 with an easier time of it! Hondo, our farm buddy dog is getting up there. He’s 13 plus and slowing down. Where he used to accompany us everywhere on the four-wheeler and golf cart, this year he does go once in a while, but a lot of the time he just prefers to stretch out on the couch. We’d like to add a trainable, enthusiastic, smart Velcro dog to our family and I really love the attitude of the Malinois \u2014 all go and loyalty mixed with the love of learning new things. They definitely are not <\/em>for everyone though as they do require a job and plenty of activity, along with structure, which we can give them. We got the video done and are waiting for an appointment next week to our vet for our critters’ annual vaccinations and heartworm check before we can proceed.<\/p>\n

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Will checking on a small hydraulic hose leak on the big round baler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Today, we’re back at it, big time. Will is putting the final touches on repairs for the haying equipment as this year it looks like he’ll be able to start early. Last year it was so wet, he didn’t get to start till August. Normal is the Fourth of July or thereabouts. While he’s doing that, I’m busy replanting the spots I tilled this morning in the Sand Garden. I replanted a big patch of Who Gets Kissed. When I get off the computer, I’m going out to till in the Wolf Garden again and plant more Seneca Sunrise. It’s just crazy how some stuff comes up gangbusters and something else doesn’t at all or weakly. No, it’s not the seed. I know because we raised and germinate tested it!<\/p>\n

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Planting the Who Gets Kissed took a lot of walking behind the seeder!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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This is a peony that grew in the flower bed from seed. I’m thrilled!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Our flowers are blooming like crazy right now, including the red clover, Dutch clover, and birdsfoot trefoil in the pastures. Will turned the cows out for a little while yesterday then brought them in after about an hour. We didn’t want them to overdo eating green grass when they’d been only on hay. It could cause bloat in the cows or founder in the horses. We were surprised when he called them in; they followed him right in perfectly, to snack on the offered bucket of grain of course.<\/p>\n

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Oh, I forgot to tell you. We have a new heifer calf. Isn’t she cute?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

— Jackie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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