Veggies and Electric Protection

After having several tools and equipment stolen out of the garage we have decided that our electric fence is a priority and I have been busy.  The front fence is complete and the cables buried for the gates and to feed the fence.  We have an energiser with an output of abount 11 000 volts.  Now I recon that this will get the attention of any would be theft artist.  The garage doors are going to be wired up to the system soon and that will help a great deal.  Replacement tools and sundries are expensive these days and I have to protect them and ourselves against intruders. 

What a sad thing to have to do.  I remember as a little boy here there was never a locked door to be found.  Many farmers would go away for a few days leaving the house open and the tractor and bakkie keys in their ignitions.  The milk cans stood beside the gatepost with the post bag hanging on the post right next to the road.  If you did that today all would dissappear never to be seen again.  In fact the gates often get stolen too.

Meantime it has started to rain this afternoon and we are off to braai later on.  I can hear thunder so its time to unplug everything.

Craft Sale At Underberg

Today Liz and I went off to the local church craft sale and poitjie pot competition.  Within the first 15 minutes the first wagon was sold and I have two confirmed orders for wagons as presents in December.  The sign did not do so well but I'll continue making them and see what happenes.  I sold one "Under 'OLD' management" and the guy who bought it was happy to pay R25-00 for it.  We'll see how it goes.

Oh, and we did not get any telephone orders. (For telephones or wagons)

Spring Has Sprung

We have had our first spring rain. 3mm!  Well spring has starting and the grass is growing.  The green is a welcome sight to us and the cows.  The problem with the lawn starts as well.  The grass grows faster than one can think.  So it will be back to pushing a noisy electric motor mower around the lawn thinkinrg that's it for two weeks.  Well, in two weeks we are back in the long grass in which the cats get lost.

Speaking of cats, our two. Ruby and Alli, seem to have a drug problem and we are trying to help them beat the odds and survive.  Actually they love it and it is a healthy drug problem.

This speaks for itself (Hey Alli!)

Eh?

I wish that my room had a floor;

  I don't so much care for a door;

    But this crawling around

    Without touching the ground

  Is getting to be quite a bore.