| Not exactly my bucket list (except #60) and not meaning | |
| to brag (except #79), but curiosity took me to counting…. | |
| some of what I’ve learned, seen and done… | |
| in the last 3 years that I had never done before. | |
| What I have Learned | |
| 1 | There is a difference between heifer and Hereford |
| 2 | All hay is not the same |
| 3 | What a Black Baldy is |
| 4 | Not to buy shampoo from the Dollar Store |
| 5 | What a bale wagon is |
| 6 | Not to burn willow in the wood stove |
| 7 | What a PTO is |
| 8 | It is good if your pig’s tail curls |
| 9 | How many days it takes to hatch an egg |
| 10 | The beauty of genre shelving in the library |
| 11 | What a broody chicken is |
| 12 | The significant difference between 2 and 3 string bales of hay (and it is not the number of strings) |
| 13 | What you’ll find in 743 of the Dewey Decimal system |
| 14 | What ‘on the hoof’ means |
| 15 | What ‘hanging weight’ means |
| 16 | Recognize a cow in labor |
| 17 | What a top link is |
| What I’ve seen…. | |
| 18 | A calf born by helping to pull it out |
| 19 | Vet pregnancy checking cows |
| 20 | Seen Puppies born |
| 21 | A cow artificially inseminated |
| 22 | Seen Calves born |
| 23 | Seen Pigs castrated |
| 24 | Seen Calves branded |
| 25 | Fields fertilized by helicopter |
| 26 | Baby bulls castrated |
| 27 | Eagles, Hawks, Owls, Quail, Heron |
| What I’ve done… | |
| 28 | Held a dead goose |
| 29 | Fed cows |
| 30 | Given cattle shots |
| 31 | Given calves bottles |
| 32 | Moved cattle |
| 33 | Fed chickens |
| 34 | Washed chicken poop off of my eggs |
| 35 | Saved a new-born calf!!! |
| 36 | Tried to save a dead calf |
| 37 | Ridden a quad with a dog |
| 38 | Buck hay (that means stack it) |
| 39 | Collect eggs |
| 40 | Driven through a buffalo field |
| 41 | Hooked up electric fence |
| 42 | Painted a two story Victorian house |
| 43 | Ran a ditch-witch |
| 44 | Work in a school library |
| 45 | Ran a back hoe |
| 46 | Moved irrigation with quad |
| 47 | Pound fence posts in |
| 48 | Installed a new wood floor |
| 49 | Laid tile floor |
| 50 | Canned beets, beans and applesauce |
| 51 | Helped make sausage |
| 52 | Made saur kraught and chutney |
| 53 | Picked blue berries |
| 54 | Used a head catch |
| 55 | Shot a shot-gun |
| 56 | Face time with our Grandson |
| 57 | Rode horse gaming (barrel racing etc) |
| 58 | Load a horse on a trailer |
| 59 | Put up storm windows |
| 60 | Rode horse home from work |
| 61 | Stuck my hand in a horses mouth to feel the teeth |
| 62 | Rode horse through a winery |
| 63 | Host croquet tournament |
| 64 | Hosted a barn dance |
| 65 | Hosted a barn sale |
| 66 | Hosted a family & sorority reunion |
| 67 | Served communion |
| 68 | Designed a bathroom |
| 69 | Bought my jeans at the hardware store |
| 70 | Bid at a farm auction |
| 71 | Won a blue ribbon at the County fair |
| 72 | Fed pigs |
| 73 | Sewed a quilt top |
| 74 | Swept the chimney from the roof |
| 75 | Winterized my garden hoses |
| 76 | Helped at the church bazaar |
| 77 | Used a long arm quilter |
| 78 | Sewed feed bags into shopping bags |
| 79 | Replaced septic drain field |
| 80 | Bale hay on a tractor |
| 81 | Drive a tractor |
| 82 | Level ground with tractor |
| 83 | Mow fields with tractor |
| 84 | Run a fence post auger with tractor |
| 85 | Used a chain binder |
| 86 | Use Clevis pins |
| 87 | Work the loader on a tractor |
| 88 | Drive with a trailer on the road |
| 89 | Hooked trailer on truck |
| 90 | Loaded a tractor onto a trailer |
| 91 | Work an irrigation pump |
| 92 | To weld |
| 93 | Burned a slash pile |
| 94 | Run a wood stove for heat |
| 95 | Split wood with a log splitter |
| 96 | Split wood with a maul |
| 97 | A chain saw |
| 98 | Fed cow banana |
| 99 | Eaten meals completely raised on our farm |
| What I know | |
| 100 | Change is a good thing |
| …and I am blessed. |
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You are blessed and AMAZING Ellen! I lived on a farm for 15 years and I didn’t learn 1/2 the stuff you have learned. I was the spoiled 3rd child”baby” in our family. I’m so proud of you my friend! Amazing!
Thank you sweet friend! I am blessed by you!
An amazing list – but you forgot about tasting Marmite! lol!
Here is the wicked truth…I haven’t gathered up my courage to actually try it yet… My Loving Spouse is not bothered about this!