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Blind Hog and Acorn

Come visit the farm with Blind Hog and Acorn and hear stories about life on the farm, livestock, cooking, gardening and living in the Ozarks. In the middle of freakin" nowhere...

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35:29

Season 6, Episode #32~ Thunderbolts and Lightning,...

Blind Hog and Acorn ·

2025/08/10

Phew! Goatlets weaned, getting fed supplemental kibble to plump them up and avoid the weaning slump so they can be sold.Then to find out a beehive was struck by lightning!Garden going bonkers...Two trees taken down, we managed the clean up. Roof of house is now safe from overhanging limbs. Powerlines still need attention.Would love a couple good slow, rainy days...

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34:09

Season 6, Episode #31~ Garden Galore...

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2025/08/03

Garden is booming, but then so is the grass all around the raised beds. Acorn's ultimate solution? MAKE MORE RAISED BEDS!Blind Hog is finding he likes working with the new Kioti, or Lil' Monkey as Acorn calls it. The "Kuboki..." Little tractor has plenty of power, that's for sure!Springfield house will be needing sewer lateral line replacement... Getting bids on that.Roses got planted., need to work the goats and decide who will stay and who will go. Always

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30:50

Season 6, Episode #30~ Still Too Damn Hot...

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2025/07/27

Phew! Acorn has been a schwetty puddle lately... Chores are sporadic- out for an hour then back in to recover. Driving up to the post office is a lovely way to cool down, according to Acorn... Driving ANYWHERE has been better than melting. Blind Hog and Acorn took the kiddos to Crystal Bridges to see the KAWS exhibit. Was a good way to spend a very hot day.Roses have been procured, marked down 50%. JUST what a farm needs, lol... They are very fragrant, look like an old time rose.Sunshades on

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33:42

Season 6, Episode #29~ Heat Dome...

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2025/07/20

Hot weather is upon Steelmeadow. The farmers are doing what work they can, early and later in the day.Golf cart "lids" working out as tractor sunshades. The one on the Mahindra is about done. Looks pretty good.Beans, zucchini, cukes, tomatoes, berries, peppers, greens all coming in. Eating is good!

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31:54

Season 6, Episode #28~ Move Along, Miss Massey...

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2025/07/13

Been a busy enough week... Usual farm chores, some landscape work at the Springfield house...Miss Massey Has a new home- guy who lives about 2 miles away as the crow flies needed a tractor and voila! Blind Hog and Acorn had just the ticket. The farmers followed the buyer home as he had to go the long way around due to the bridge construction, so he got a good 45+ minute test drive. Miss Massey did brilliantly up the paved secondary road and back down the gravel tertiary road.All's well

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34:10

Season 6, Episode #27~ July the 4th,and then some...

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2025/07/06

Busy enough week on the farm- got those bucklings sold and doelings listed for sale. Garden is kicking in, Blind Hog has been doing yard and driveway work and even supervised and fetched so Acorn could change the shocks on the old F350.Acorn canned up some baked beans, brat buns, and pickled slaw. Pretty darn tasty!Blind Hog wants sun canopies for the tractors so Acorn looked online, then thought "I wonder if people do these themselves???" Sure enough, they do and they use used golf

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34:08

Season 6, Episode #26~ Wheelin' and Dealin'...

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2025/06/29

Blind Hog and Acorn have been at it, busy enough for sure. Biggest accomplishment was getting the bucklings all gathered up and taken to market. Phew! Done and Done!Acorn had a couple physical therapy appointments, one with dry needling. Is just awesome. Will continue PT once a week now for the next four weeks.Garden is growing, produce harvested and canned. Meg's pumpkins threaten to take over the garden. Had the first cuke with onions- you know that summertime is here!

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39:50

Season 6, Episode #25~Summer is Here!

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2025/06/22

Between fence repairs, Sam's misadventures (killing a cat and then a few days later getting stung and swelling up), working in the hot/humid weather, the farmers decided to get a new small tractor and sell Miss Massey. A small tractor WITH front end loader is most clever and no doubt will work just fine on the farm.Now to sell the Massey Ferguson to its next good home.Mom sent along a counter top ice machine- the Icy Pebbles are a total delight. Like having your own Manitowoc ice maker, at

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28:06

Season 6, Episode #24~ #NoKingsDay...

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2025/06/15

After a fun filled week on the farm, nothing says "let's take it easy" better than attending a "No Kings" protest in a strongly Republican town. Blind Hog and Acorn were flipped the bird several times, several pro-Trump drivers kept coming back, honking their horns, letting loose with air horns. Not sure if they knew that their behavior was exactly what the other folks were doing while driving to support the protestors!Hot, humid, almost daily rain showers. Garden is

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36:56

Season 6, Episode #23~ Workin' the Goats...

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2025/06/08

All 60 nannies and kids were run through the working station- tagged, vaccinated, dewormed, castrated, weighed and feet trimmed. Took 8 hrs and several liters of water, including four breaks. Blind Hog and Acorn almost fell out. Good news is that the job is DONE! The scales however gave crazy readings. Will have to work on that some more...The last goose eggs hatched. One buyer is taking every gosling that hatches and luckily the male/female ratio is only off by one. The buyers will be gifted

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30:56

Season 6, Episode #22~ Beehive Splits

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2025/06/01

Blind Hog and Acorn have been busy- the usual chores plus making a split from the beehive, working on the tractors, putzing about in the garden.Sam got skunked- nothing new there.

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32:46

Season 6, Episode #21~ Groundwork before the Deluge

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2025/05/25

Blind Hog and Acorn have been busy farmers- fields are clipped, everything mowed and trimmed. Let the rains begin. Well, as long as the county road does not get washed away...Good news with the single surviving beehive- it is thriving! Acorn will do a thorough box-by-box inspection next week. Maybe even make a split!Has certainly been a beautiful May. Hard to believe Solstice is just around the corner...

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35:07

Season 6, Episode #20~ Field Mowing...

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2025/05/18

Blind Hog is clipping the fields, already "that time" again... Early blast of summer temps at the farm, upper 80's! he has the first three paddocks done, a couple more on the west side then he can do the two in the east.Acorn has been wrangling black snakes from around the geese and chickens... The snakes do love eggs...Garden is coming along nicely- strawberries ripening. Almost time to plant pole beans. Sweet potato slips putting out lots of roots. Those will be planted in tubs

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33:55

Season 6, Episode #19~ More Fun Up On the Roof...

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2025/05/11

Acorn was complaining about lagging internet speeds and dropped cell signal, so she and Blind Hog raided up the cell phone amplifier antenna higher on the roof- moving it to the peak as well as puttin git on a 10' mast. Already speeds have increased from -114 dB to -102 dB and sometimes even faster! it is the little things...Garden doing well, had its first irrigation today. Sam has been enjoying almost daily walkies for 2.5 miles, keeps those toenails trimmed on the dirt road.Goats doing

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29:19

Season 6, Episode #18~ One Last Cold Snap

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2025/05/04

May get down to the upper 30's at the farm tonight- Acorn holding off to plant the tomatoes after this last cold snap.Snakey-gosling of last week only lived a couple days- figuring it might have been an infection from the snake bite. Her brother is out with mom and dad, doing very well.Health maintenance week, some landlord property work. Lawn needs mowing and the goats are grazing in the woods.

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33:15

Season 6, Episode #17~ Saved from the Snake!

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2025/04/27

Gosling saved from being a black snake's lunch (much drama ensued); rhubarb pie, asparagus and lettuce feeding the farmers for lunch.The first nice morel of the Spring found- Acorn talked to some mushroom hunters and they also thought it was an off year. Few and far between!

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31:25

Season 6, Episode #16~ Rain Returns...

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2025/04/20

Rain is back and well needed- that last deluge all ran off. Still no morels found but Acorn did see asparagus in the garden today!5 lil' honkers off to their new home, more eggs in the incubator and some still under an actual goose. Acorn rescued an egg from a black snake, may think about bringing in the other eggs for artificial incubation if the gooses don't settle down on them.House is getting cleaned, screens up in the windows, meals on the porch. Houseplants back outside. Now to

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39:46

Season 6, Episode #15~ Lil' Honkers...

Blind Hog and Acorn ·

2025/04/13

Three goslings hatched so far, another has pipped. Two males, one female. They are just so stinkin' cute.Blind Hog sold all his pottery equipment, tools and materials to a newbie from northern Missouri. She and her husband delivered Highland heifers 2 hrs from us, then swung over and we loaded them up. Swedish Death Cleaning continues!!!Weather has been mostly nice, no more rains since the weekend and yes, the county DID come out last Sunday to repair flood damage on bridges, grading the

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32:59

Season 6, Episode #14~ Biiiiiiig Rains!

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2025/04/06

Finally got the rain, and as of this writing, Acorn reports 5.38" which is in the 5-7" rain in the forecast. During the first round, Acorn noticed flapping sheet metal on the old goat barn rood- during a "window of opportunity" Blind Hog fetched the Mahindra and Acorn clambered up the roof, screwing down the loose panels. All fixed!Between roof repairs, working in the garden, baking bread and scone Acorn managed to sit down and actually read an entire book. Imagine!Spring

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35:21

Season 6, Episode #13~ Miracle Max...

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2025/03/30

Talk about a busy week... Gardening... Kidding... Wood splitting... Blind Hog and Acorn have been busy.Goat #494 "Poe" showed up looking like she had kidded, but no kid. It took 2 more days before she showed up with the wee bairn. Yes, Acorn got more than a little teary eyed.All in all, a very good week. Could use some real rain though. Just sayin'...

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