Peter has 2 farms; one on Woodcock's Road and the other is part of his land here on Rodney Road. He has a lot of land and it's all quite hilly(sp?) and TumulTuous Terrain To Trample.. To daTe. (hurrah for calf muscles) anyway, you know those steps on the sides of hills that you see in photographs? well those are called, sheep tracks. they get cut into the sides of hills by the animals routinely making their way up and down the hills in perpendicular direction.
I really love my time spent on the farm, it makes me feel purposeful and useful. typically we go out on the bike (quad) and "feed out" which is basically taking hay bales out to the cattle and distributing it around. At first it was really intimidating to have 20 or so bulls jogging towards you while you frantically try to break up a bale but now it's cool and i really like being in the middle of all the cattle. after feeding out we typically move sheep from paddock to paddock so that the grass gets a chance to grow. Peter's dog's name is Tip and she's a pretty sweet sheepdog.
yesterday a beast got stuck in the creek during a rainstorm we'd had. it was waist (do bulls have waists?) deep in mud and it'd been there for a long time. after school Peter came and got Richard and I and we had to haul the beast out. the creek is at the bottom of a shallow ravine in a grove of trees. The bull's hind leg was caught under a root and we had to dig it out. Richard and I looped a rope around the bull's neck and peter pushed from the back so after a long time and a lot of rough work we got it out. hopefully it's still doing alright but we basically saved Peter $800+ so that was good and we also saved the bull. good news all around.
I really wouldn't mind working on the farm for a part-time job sometime if i ever get the chance to return here.. moral of the post: I love the farm.
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