Costa Family Farm

Fixin' Fences & River Photos

My poor husband is so tired, trying to get us ready for a trip away. This morning we woke up at 4:45 a.m. with the sun brightly shining...and my husband said, ...(sleepily)..."The longest day of the year."  It didn't sound like he was looking forward to it.

Big Daddy and crew have been dealing with fences. First it was a fence between our duck pond and the neighbor’s property. It seems with all the rain, the ducks decided to check out the neighbor’s puddles in his backyard. Then they heard the river and have been trying to get across the road to locate it. Beep! Beep! Ducks don’t understand horns, and they prevented cars from traveling down the road. Oops.

 Then it was buffing up an electrifying the electric fence for the pony. Zap! It works well. More than the pony have been zolted since.

 Now they are completing work on something new for us, a barnyard fence. Our chickens and ducks free range, but this fence is for security during a trip. God has already blessed us with people to feed the animals. We pay only $15. a day, and that is a real bargain. Just one dog at a kennel is $40. per day. We are glad our 2 black Labs get to stay home.

 I look forward to using the new barnyard fence next time we have company over for a barbecue. Last time, it was really embarrassing shooshing chickens off the picnic tables, away from the potato chips!

 The barn may not be as clean as the animals are accustomed to 365 days a year, and my farm hands need a vacation.

There are pictures of the river we have property on here.