Gracie & Braxton at PaPa's and Lois's Farm

We went to the farm on Saturday while the kids were down for Easter, Lois didn't get to go which was a bummer. We took the golf cart to the farm and Gracie has named the cart Camo Kirby. Papa just has to camouflage it now. We didn't get any pictures of us riding on it at the farm but it did a great job. Mike (son-in-law) was impressed with it. Did get a picture of us riding on it at the house before we took it over. As you can see the kids enjoyed riding on it.
We also had a wiener roast, which meant we had to have a fire, which we didn't get any pictures of but as you will see in the following pictures, that Braxton had a ball playing in the remains of the old fires.
Gracie even got into the action of playing in the charcoal remains . Gracie even enjoyed the girl's porta potty that we have set up inside the barn.
We next went fishing, which was quite an event. Gracie has turned into a very good fisherman. Of course with her Uncle Brady teaching her how to fish we should have known that. She had help at the farm with her first two fish and then she caught the next 12 fish all by herself, one of which was a bass. Her brother Braxton, with help from his mom caught 2 and then her mom caught several more fish. Her mom also caught the biggest fish which was a 15" crappie. I caught one fish and Mike had several strikes on a lure but ended up catching a tree. It was a nice one!! Sorry Mike.
Mike's tree









This is what the farm is all about, we have had so much fun with our grand kids and kids at the farm this last year and this year, we can't begin to tell you. We can't wait for all of them to visit more.
All the trees we planted 2 weeks ago are doing fine, got more pictures from the game camera so you will need to go there to see them, I believe we had 130 pictures this time.

Gracie & Braxton

Gracie and Braxton are coming down today to visit Papa and Lois. We will be going to the farm one day during their visit. We plan on going fishing, downloading pictures from the game camera, having a bonfire/wiener roast and riding in the golf cart.
So stay tuned for pictures next week of our visit and new game pictures.

Planting trees and shrubs

We made a trip to the farm yesterday, and yes Lois got to go this time. We planted 20 azaleas, 1 Yoshino cherry tree that is about 15' tall, 2 red buds. These were planted on the slope on the west side of the south pond, just below the oak tree line. See photo of area.

Hopefully the area just below the tree line will look like Augusta Golf course in the spring by planting these flowering trees and shrubs.

We also planted 4 Forsythia along the fence line by the barn and some flowering bulbs down by the pond by the barn.

We also got to get some measuring done along the fence line on the west side of the property, we needed this so we can figure up how many trees will be needed to plant along that fence line. We also got to do a lot of dicussing about the plans we want to do with food plots, planting trees and such.

We also took some pictures of daffodils that we blooming on the property, filled the deer feeder, and downloaded 170 pictures from the game camera. Apparently I put it in the right place to get pictures!!! I may have to get another camera so I can put it in some other places. I am going to start another blog so I will have a place to put the game camera pictures.

New Farm Toy

We have a new toy for the farm, I have attached pictures of it. I am going to the farm on Tuesday and will bring the trailer home so we can load it up and take it to there. I have ordered knobby tires for the back of it, and we will be painting it in camocolors. Will probably add some sides to the bed in the back. Will post new pictures once it is painted and we have a name for it.