Jennifer Murphy's photos with the keyword: chores

Jennifer Murphy
22 Jan 2017 111
The path to the manure pile is fraught with danger. I've been wearing ice cleats on my boots for nearly a month now!
cleaning up, post-storm

cleaning up, post-storm

Jennifer Murphy
02 Jan 2017 124
Jennifer Murphy
11 Dec 2016 71
About 3 of the 5 yards spread; now for the mules to do their job and pack it in. As this area settles, I'll add the rest of the gravel in the low spots and around the edges.
Jennifer Murphy
11 Dec 2016 73
Before I started spreading the gravel I scraped the muck and mud off the area and laid down some weed block to prevent the gravel from sinking into the ground over time.
Jennifer Murphy
11 Dec 2016 100
Paddock maintenance! 5 yards of 3/8 minus, which is a combination of pea gravel and stone dust. After it's spread and settles, it should pack up nicely and provide a mud free, level area in the paddock for the mules.
traditions

traditions

Jennifer Murphy
11 Dec 2016 93
Time to get the wood in!
Jennifer Murphy
02 Dec 2016 52
One of the chores planned for my autumn vacation - get all this wood stacked in the barn.
yankee ingenuity in action

yankee ingenuity in action

Jennifer Murphy
30 Nov 2016 114
I couldn't pull the fence tight enough with my hands, so I devised a fence puller out of a length of copper pipe and some pieces of chain I found hanging around the barn. Hooked them up to Reputa and shazam! My fence is lookin' pretty tight now.
Jennifer Murphy
30 Nov 2016 107
Rolling out the new woven wire fencing.
Jennifer Murphy
30 Nov 2016 91
I replaced one of the 4 foot gates with a 10 foot gate and since it was so long, I wound up having to keep the gates set back in their original spot. If I had moved them forward, they wouldn't swing in toward the pasture because of a small incline in the land, and it would swing into the road the other way.
Jennifer Murphy
30 Nov 2016 100
This goober rock was about 3 feet down in the hole - I could barely reach it with my short arms! I did manage to get a rope around it and pulled it up that way.
begin again

begin again

Jennifer Murphy
28 Nov 2016 122
Preparing to move my fence about 3 feet out toward the road.
November 29

November 29

Jennifer Murphy
15 Feb 2016 118
Prepping the pasture for fall maintenance. Step one - mow the weeds down.
December 5

December 5

Jennifer Murphy
15 Feb 2016 125
Prepping the pasture for fall maintenance. Step two - spread the available mule poo to fertilize the ground.
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