Blind Hog and Acorn

The Acorn
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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...

  1. 3 DAYS AGO

    Season 5, Episode #45~ Blind Hog has His Birthday, More Chores Done...

    Indeed, Blind Hog has made it to 83... Lots of chocolate cake was involved.Major chores completed on the farm- both goat barns all cleaned, powdered and hay laid on the floor. Miss Massey's distributor woes now a distant bad memory- all is peachy with her! Driveway repaired from the last flash flood. South roof "rescrewing" completed.Now to get into the garden and a few more piddly things

    31 min

  2. NOV 10

    Season 5, Episode #44~ Blind Hog has a Day Off...

    In light of an upcoming birthday, Blind Hog has spent today pretty much watching soccer... Premier League as well as cheering on Kansas City's Women's' team, who handily beat North Carolina to advance to the semi finals.Electrical work has been completed in the old goat barn- old light fixtures replaced, a section of wire too and a switch. Has been a good 15+ years since that was first put in.Rain finally made it to the area- BIG rain... Washed out part of the county road an...

    30 min

  3. NOV 3

    Season 5, Episode #43~ Waiting for Godot...

    Big chores getting done on the farm and just "mildly" interrupted when Blind Hog had "an episode" that is still undiagnosed... Was it an especially brutal round of A-Fib that he usually walks around with, or an inner ear thing??? Hopefully he will find out, however the whole thing kinda knocked the wind out of his sails.Good news is that the south side of the roof is finally getting attention from Acorn- only 12 more rows of screws to replace. One of two goat barns has been ...

    34 min

  4. OCT 27

    Season5, Episode #42~ Yay for Capuchin!

    Tractor Joy turned to Tractor Woe, then back to Joy... Acorn fixed the ignition/firing issue and the Massey Ferguson is running well. Now if she can just figure out the house wifi... Need to find a way to "bundle" clients and reduce the load on the router...Blind Hog has 4 cords of wood, ready to burn. Still horribly dry, but also unusually warm. Goats are in full breeding cycle. The bucks are happy for the work.

    36 min

  5. OCT 20

    Season 5, Episode #41~ Education and Educators...

    Acorn went to a 3 day conference up at Lincoln University, based on helping mentors in small ruminants be better educators, and during that time ol' Frank Pinkerton died peacefully in his sleep. He will be missed. If we all can live as long and lively till 96 as he did!Meanwhile on the farm, things are moving along as they are wont to do. Blind Hog got the new wheels on the finish mower and even cut around behind the dairy barn! Then the tractor slowly died out, as if ...

    36 min

  6. OCT 13

    Season 5, Episode #40~ Taters and Walnuts...

    Truckload of black walnuts taken to the hulling station- Blind Hog received $86... $12/100 lbs after hulling...Aurora once again visited the farm like it did in May- not quite so a dramatic show, but lovely nonetheless.Acorn baked hamburger buns and grilled burgers- going to a 2 day conference and Blind Hog will be left home alone. Have to get him something to eat...

    34 min

  7. OCT 6

    Season 5,Episode #39~ Second Summer

    Ugh- second summer is upon the farm... Temps in the 80's once again and drought.. Dry, dusty drought...Walnuts getting picked up from the yard- the bumper crop that keeps giving. Prices are down to $12/100 lbs "after" the nuts have gone through the huller/dehusker machine. Pffffff.....Goats are fine, garden winding down. Acorn needs to plant the garlic but it is so danged warm! Blind Hog is about over his cold he had this week, now Acorn has a bit of sore t...

    31 min

  8. SEP 29

    Season 56, Episode #38~ Fall is here...

    The farm only received 0.11" of rain from Helene- just a wee fraction of what our friends and family to the east received.Grading blade pivot has been repaired and is fancy shmancy- Miss Massey is running like a top again!Acorn has begun the arduous chore of picking up walnuts- barrels filling up in the yard.Tomorrow the goats will be sorted and put in with bucks. Happiness there all around.

    37 min
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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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  • Creator
    The Acorn
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    224
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2024 Blind Hog and Acorn
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