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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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33:15

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

Blind Hog and Acorn ·

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...

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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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38:18

Season 6, Episode #12~ Wind, Wildfires and Minnows...

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2025/03/23

Weeklong wildfires to the south of the farm- Acorn's throat is none too happy. Smoke haze thick at times, hills looking right blue.Purple martins beginning to hang around- will need to get the gourds up soon. Watercress spring is providing fresh greens for the geese- Acorn spotted minnows for the first time there.Blind Hog aggravated a shoulder as he cut then loaded up dead trees and limbs after the big windstorm. Good thing Acorn baked lots of treats to keep him happy and fuel his

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33:46

Season 6, Episode #11~ Clean Fields!

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2025/03/16

Fields are now mowed down- ready for the spring growth surge as Blind Hog and Miss Massey have everything brush hogged nice and level.Acorn has been milking and making skyr. Baking the sourdough bread.Goose eggs in the incubator, others will be collected until freezing chances are over, then eggs will go back into the nest. Yay for Spring!

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33:11

Season 6, Episode #10~ Sharing is Caring...

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2025/03/09

Wellll, Acorn has Blind Hog's sinus crud... Started as viral, is now bacterial. Ugh... No rest for the midwife, and the last big rush of kidding got completed. Just a few stragglers now to go over the next few weeks.Geese are a-laying, which is a great harbinger of Spring. Counting the ganders, there are "six geese a laying..."Rhubarb is sending its knuckles up, starter trays being prepped for seeds.Little pig-nosed kid had to be put down; he was in pain and nothing could be

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30:37

Season #6, Episode #9~ Kidding, Round #2...

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2025/03/02

Blind Hog has a cold... Or the flu... Not sure, but it ain't Covid. Had a low temp of 100.2°F today, coughing, drainage, overall malaise... Acorn has a scratchy throat but thinks it is elm pollen...Five nannies kidded, seven more to go. Had a set of triplets along with a pair of twins yesterday- one of the twins having a malformed snout. Most peculiar. Is it a genetic issue, or teratogen issue from the toxin in poison hemlock (which is everywhere around us). Hard to say. If it happens

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23:56

Season 6, Episode #8~ Snow is Melting!

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2025/02/23

Blind Hog and Acorn survived the record lows as well as the snow. Thankfully the 12-16" threatened were just that- a threat. 4" was plenty.Barns are being prepared for the next round of kidding. Pantry items are being replenished. New shelf in the kitchen is installed. Getting all the little piddly chores done...

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30:56

Season 6, Episode #7~ Snow's a'comin...

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2025/02/16

Blind Hog helped neighbor set out hay bales at noon while Acorn cleaned house like a whirling Dervish. Getting all kinds of chores done before Tuesday's expected snowfall.Great Weekend Bird Count is on- Acorn spotted 14 species in 15 minutes, with appx numbers for each. LOTS of finches...Super Bowl brought sadness of the farmers... Ahhhh well, guess there is a reason that there are no three-peats... Acorn found solace by doing the taxes and sending them off.Sourdough madness continues.

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34:39

Season 6, Episode #6~ Superb Owl Weekend...

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2025/02/09

Another cleaning of the dairy barn, having funs with sourdoughs, getting ready for another Icy Blast of Winter. The fun never ends...Acorn bought a 50 lb bag of hard red winter wheat to grind for flour. Little Red Hen found that it filled 28 qt jars (she had ground up 3 qts prior). Each jar got a sachet of "oxygen absorber" before sealing with lids and rings. Will be interesting to see how long this batch of grain will last.Hay chores need to be done today... Fill the feeders for the

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34:52

Season 6, Episode #6~ Happy New Year!

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2025/02/02

Chinese New Year, the Wood Snake. Wheeeee! Dragon has been replaced with Snake, and so the New Year begins.Weather most temperate, Super Bowl teams set.Fodder experiment has mixed results- geese given the first tray and they gobbled it down.Sourdough discard waffles and cheesy crackers made; so far, so good. Even made homemade chocolates for the first time- super easy!Finding the Libby and Hoopla library apps to be most handy.Jr Constable fell ill and died in about 24 hrs- wondering if it was

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32:57

Season 6, Episode #4~Warming Up and Kidding Break...

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2025/01/26

Blind Hog and Acorn have thawed out, round one of kidding is completed, and it actually got into the 50's... Who knew?January Resolutions have been upheld for the first 3 weeks- amaze! Will this be the year of better health and exercise? Maybe, and no Covid quarantines to impose such!Acorn is tending a goat with a case of skin cancer- will treat to alleviate symptoms and discomfort, but that is all that really can be done.Is good to have a surplus of firewood, that is for sure!

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Season 6, Episode #3~Another Cold Snap...

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2025/01/19

Time for second winter. Preparations made for a sub-zero front and Blind Hog and Acorn are ready to hunker in. Livestock and pets all taken care of, now to see if "that one goat" can hold off kidding until Thursday, if she doesn't get it done today that is...Geese are set up better this year- heated water buckets in each of their pens. Voila. Old Bags the cat has a heated kennel pad which she greatly enjoys. Goats have two barns to choose from. And there you go...Will be a

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36:55

Season 6, Episode #2~Snow Day

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2025/01/12

Six inches of the white stuff has covered SteelMeadow Farm. Is very fluffy, with just a bit of ice on the ground underneath. Doubt it will stick around long and actually the geese and goats would prefer it go ahead and melt on off.Blind Hog and Acorn had done all the necessary prep work and even had time to fix a fence where a tree had fallen. Never put off tomorrow what you can get done today... How many times has that been true?

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38:11

Season 6, Episode #1~Storm Prep for the New Year...

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2025/01/05

Blind Hog and Acorn about have chores done before the "winter event" arrives tonight. Goat barns prepped, goosey hut covered and fluffed with clean pine shavings.Fingers crossed the ice stays to the north.Acorn found out who has the best prices for Rx eyeglasses (Costco). Blind Hog is tossing some of his hard-earned firewood into the woodstove, keeping the house toasty. He did finish smoothing the drive behind the house were the ditch washed it out. So Nice!Will tell next week about

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33:25

Season 5, Episode #51~ Out with the Old...

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2024/12/29

Blind Hog and Acorn had a very quiet Christmas since the kiddos were doing their own visitations. Acorn cooked up a delicious rib roast with veggies underneath, baked up some Yorkshire puddings with all but leapt out of their pan. Totally delicious.Farm chores chugging along. Blind Hog got the drainage ditch behind the workshop cleared out- it had dammed up and was washing out the bottom turn of the driveway. Sam got to pose on the cement plug. He was very proud.Goats doing well, kids keeping

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31:10

Season 5, Episode #50~ A Few Nights Before...

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2024/12/22

Kidding Round One has wrapped up, just one more to go but not for a couple more weeks. #450 finally had her twins the other evening- luckily the baby monitor picked up the kids squealing as she birthed them in radio silence.Put hay out for the first time as temps dropped in to the mid-teens again. All the livestock and poultry are doing very well.Christmas wreaths are indeed up at last, straw Yule Bucks scattered here and there. Blind Hog and Acorn will have the farm t...

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33:41

Season 5, Episode #49~ Kids A-Poppin'

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2024/12/15

Seven kids on the ground, but we lost one due to being squashed at 4 days old by its nanny. Is not the first time, not will it be the last.Along with kidding going on, new solar lights installed on the goat sheds, outside the old goat barn, and up at the hay barn. With a full charge they should do just fine. So far the goats in the old barn appreciate the evening lighting.Due to the kidding, Acorn has been keeping close to the house. Blind Hog has about caught up on his reading and promises to

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