Quick trip to my farm to shift the cows across the road.

Yes, i was just there yesterday, but discovered that I had grossly overestimated the amount of forage the cows would have, so they had to be moved today.

Ready to shut off the valve from the pond.

Turned off – notice the grove in the head of the bolt – it is now turned perpendicular to the water line – this tells us it is turned off.

The overflow pipe will just pull out (the white one).

Once it is out, then if the hole in the bottom of the tank is not plugged, the water will flow out through the buried pipe.

Water rushing out from the tank through the buried pipe into the ditch about 20 feet away from the tank.

Tank drained as low as it will go.

The system has a leak back design, so the water in the pipe with the float will drain back and not freeze.

Took Dallas with me just in case my temporary netting decided to take flight in our 33 mph gusting winds.  But all went well;  he wouldn’t have needed to go, but sure gave me extra peace of mind.  Taking out mineral,

shutting gates, and draining a water tank took us 55 minutes.  Driving up there and back takes 1 hour 15 minutes.  Obviously, I usually plan to spend more time up there to justify the trip.

Waiting patiently for me to get out of the way!

And moving on! Took about a minute for 210 cows, replacement heifers, and 130 calves to move across!

Frying lumpia this afternoon in preparation for my monthly trip to Refuge Ministries in Mexico, MO.  

250 lumpia (Filipino eggroll) and 230 applesauce cookies i made on Monday – thawing out.

Frying up the lumpia. I’m a messy cook!

Cheers!

tauna