I'm finally crawling out of my cold medicine coma which is great, but it also means I have to play catchup in every area of my life - and Blog does not earn top billing. For now, I'll just copy and paste an e-mail that went out today. It's the first in a series because I'm sure there will be others to follow!
"Uh oh - an e-mail from Farm Girl to a random group of friends. What is the common thread?! All of you have at one time or another mentioned that you might like to get your "farm help" on! There will be other opportunities throughout the course of this adventure (trail clearing, jump building, greenhouse repairing, wood chopping, chicken coup building, etc), but here is the deal of the moment.
Saturday March 14th. 1 p.m. HAY TOSSING AND STACKING!
7 horses burn through a lot of hay. About 7 bales a day to be exact. Phew. I'm running loooow at the farm right now, but I've got several hundred bales ready and waiting a mile down the road in my parents barn. In an effort to get it all moved over and keep the ponies fed for a few more months, I'd like to try and get it done in a day instead of 20 bales at a time like we have been doing. We have a truck and a trailer and we can make a bunch of trips, but more hands make lighter work - and it makes it fun!
What do you get out of the deal? Well, besides bigger biceps and the good tired feeling of having done something rugged, I will also provide beer (after the hay tossing!), a mean Bolognese over fettucine, and I'll tack up a few of the horses for adult pony rides for whomever is interested. If it's nice enough, maybe a bonfire?!
Anybody wishing to stay the night can do so (we'll squeeze!) and we can hit up a nearby town if the spirit moves us.
This is really only a 2 or 3 hour job if we have 6 or 8 people on deck I'd say.
Thoughts? (including - Farm Girl, you are completely crazy!)
Thanks,
Farm Girl
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