New farm, the journey begins!

[AftonShepherd]

I've followed your thread without commenting, but anyone can tell how much your boys mean to you. Sorry for your loss.

 

[Chopsy Varmint]

Thank you, henry is constantly calling out foe Leo, im trying ti get 2 more lambs tiday or tomorrow. I feel gutted.

Ant...

How's Henry doing today? Have you moved him into the house yet for company?

It's difficult when you have to get more animals before you're ready but remember that if you bring home a couple of sad lambs you're doing them a life-changing favour.

 

[cows sh#t me to tears]

Get a few hundred now you have a decent sized farm....wont be pets then....Just dont buy these ones unless you have deep pockets..

New national record for Aussie White ewe lambs

Aussie White ewe lambs set a new national record selling for $650 on AuctionsPlus.

www.farmonline.com.au

 

[TelesnaAg]

How's Henry doing today? Have you moved him into the house yet for company?

It's difficult when you have to get more animals before you're ready but remember that if you bring home a couple of sad lambs you're doing them a life-changing favour.

Yes i looked at 2 ewe lambs at a farm last nite, had brother to pick up this morning at 7am, i was so worried about henry, he was sleeping where leo passed and then duribg day sitting in corner closest to leos grave, he never sit there. Animals amaze me. He still call for Leo.

So now i have 2 nice girls, clare and mummy, a local dairy farms kids raises lambs, orphans and some from abitoirs. Clare has had fly blow but is healed, i cruthched tonite and powdered to make sure all good.
They are perfect temperament for henry, can pat them, not to big to knock him around.

They are sleeping in the hut set up i have, Henry is much better but confused i believe. Time will help.

I was going to name my farm Telesna Park as it has no name, now it will be Leo's Park, as to the farm was his, everynite when the finance was being a nightmare it was those walks up the lane with henry and leo that calmed me and made me press on, i the end i did it for the boys, id personally had enough and without them would have pulled the pin. So to me the farm was Leo's, i felt like a passenger to a degree, when they got here it was like it was there gift. Hence when Leo pass it hit me hard, i lost alot of my wealth on monday, money never makes me feel rich but my pets do, my friends do, especially overseas.

Now we have to rebuild our wealth, and that will be hard work.

The farm is rented out land wise, so a few sheep is enough. I am infrastructure farming for the next 2 years.

Ant....

 

[TelesnaAg]

My little Leo, and the new girls and henry, henry keep sitting near grave, even before girls get there, he wander down there and sit. In 3 months here he and leo never sit there.

IT systems in JD dealerships are woeful, talk about make a simple job hard.

Ant....

 

[Chopsy Varmint]

Yes i looked at 2 ewe lambs at a farm last nite, had brother to pick up this morning at 7am, i was so worried about henry, he was sleeping where leo passed and then duribg day sitting in corner closest to leos grave, he never sit there. Animals amaze me. He still call for Leo.

So now i have 2 nice girls, clare and mummy, a local dairy farms kids raises lambs, orphans and some from abitoirs. Clare has had fly blow but is healed, i cruthched tonite and powdered to make sure all good.
They are perfect temperament for henry, can pat them, not to big to knock him around.

They are sleeping in the hut set up i have, Henry is much better but confused i believe. Time will help.

I was going to name my farm Telesna Park as it has no name, now it will be Leo's Park, as to the farm was his, everynite when the finance was being a nightmare it was those walks up the lane with henry and leo that calmed me and made me press on, i the end i did it for the boys, id personally had enough and without them would have pulled the pin. So to me the farm was Leo's, i felt like a passenger to a degree, when they got here it was like it was there gift. Hence when Leo pass it hit me hard, i lost alot of my wealth on monday, money never makes me feel rich but my pets do, my friends do, especially overseas.

Now we have to rebuild our wealth, and that will be hard work.

The farm is rented out land wise, so a few sheep is enough. I am infrastructure farming for the next 2 years.

Ant....

I've known horses stand over the grave of their companion and it can't be a coincidence if they do it repeatedly in an area they've never bothered with before.

No doubt Henry will be happier with company, and I hope you'll feel better seeing him settle down with his lady friends knowing that you're doing everything right by them. They look pretty content in the photo of the three of them.

I like the plan for the farm name... how long d'you reckon before you start being known in the neighbourhood as Leo Spark?

 

[TelesnaAg]

I've known horses stand over the grave of their companion and it can't be a coincidence if they do it repeatedly in an area they've never bothered with before.

No doubt Henry will be happier with company, and I hope you'll feel better seeing him settle down with his lady friends knowing that you're doing everything right by them. They look pretty content in the photo of the three of them.

I like the plan for the farm name... how long d'you reckon before you start being known in the neighbourhood as Leo Spark?

I will get signage done once sheds are finished or sooner if time permits. I have a design in mind.

Ant...

 

[TelesnaAg]

Henry and the girls come for a walk into new house site and visit Leo's grave, the girls prance like leo when they run.

The jd dealership will be a challenge to bring up to standard with current resources, hopefully we can get through my short term plan quickly and make life bearable.

I am thinking of building a texas barndominiom or a scandi barn type building for new house. 36 x 12 5.4 high.

Ant....

 

[cows sh#t me to tears]

Being as it's a branch of a parent owned company....Don't they have a business model they all need to follow? Or were all acting independently and ran as they were when they were all individual family run branches?

 

[TelesnaAg]

Being as it's a branch of a parent owned company....Don't they have a business model they all need to follow? Or were all acting independently and ran as they were when they were all individual family run branches?

To a degree they have systems, not much implemented at this branch, alot of things as a group are not covered like workshop ohs compliant standards etc. Its all doable, none of it hard, just needs doing, should ads running for additonal staff next week.

It would be easier to run a bigger dealership as you have departments and managers, we have none of that.

I have mapped it all out in excel, and will set up shared ms teams site so we can start working smarter and execute the plans.

Plumbed up last of new troughs this morning. 1 more to shift to hay shed paddock, 1 lane way to put small coffin trough in, henrys paddock needs 2 small coffin troughs, 2 tanks to the dam paddock, and about done.

Got bore water results back i will post, fine for stock, not for human consumption, will test again winter ehen its been for a while. 1200 TDS.

Ant....

 

[cows sh#t me to tears]

4 troughs to go here. 9 hooked up. Bit of a nightmare around sheds and yard with existing stuff from 4 previous owners. Most rendered obsolete now. This farm and our existing block next door are now linked so pumps from either farm can cover both farms in the case 1 lot is down. Electric fencing will be similar eventually.
Had to replace several underground cables that trencher went through. Managed to nick new pipe in 2 spots resulting in leaks. Apart from that getting there slowly.

 

[TelesnaAg]

4 troughs to go here. 9 hooked up. Bit of a nightmare around sheds and yard with existing stuff from 4 previous owners. Most rendered obsolete now. This farm and our existing block next door are now linked so pumps from either farm can cover both farms in the case 1 lot is down. Electric fencing will be similar eventually.
Had to replace several underground cables that trencher went through. Managed to nick new pipe in 2 spots resulting in leaks. Apart from that getting there slowly.

The best move i made was ordering excavator and burying any sign of previous existance bar house and new shed that they have built to low, but will see what i can do there. Then all new water pipe, never regret good infrastrucute!!

Linking farms infrastructure is good business, i have the smsf block town water to link in and im set.

Sheds cant come soon enough, not sure when amd how i will build cattle yards, will be started this year one way or another.

Ant...

 

[TelesnaAg]

I am having a hard time getting use to this role, the work is relatively easy but made hard by poor IT systems and i have only 1 experienced staff member, the rest are at the i cant reverse a trailer stage, but all willing to learn.

I think me asking people up the food chain where is this and that is ruffling a few feathers, but the items need to be dealt with.

Lucky its a short week, folks visiting from thurs to sund which will nice to have someone else around, the farm is a lonlier place without Leo.

Ant...

 

[TelesnaAg]

Managing the dealership is not for me i can do it but its not enjoyable.

All the setup work that should have been done before doors open has been skipped and now the mess is muddled into the operation of the dealership.

Was worth a try.

Machinery shed pad done and half of yard. Came up good.

Henry and the girls clare and mummy are doing well. A big relief.

Ant....

 

[Lazy Sod]

Have you given up the dealership, or are you still doing it?

 

[TelesnaAg]

Have you given up the dealership, or are you still doing it?

Still there.

Ant...

 

[TelesnaAg]

I am use to planning out projects to a high level and executing and measuring results, these are farmers who just roll with little planning.

Ant...

 

[TelesnaAg]

Some pics

Place looks good

30 x 12 shed pad done, amazing to see this area compared to the old shed and dairy that was there when i bought the place. One half of yard has baae gravel, other half will when all the old yards come out and we flatten the area, we put more gravel in little shed.

I bought a laser level, datum, very handy for setting up levels.

Ant...

 

[cows sh#t me to tears]

Any progress with the shed company?

 

[cows sh#t me to tears]

Finished with trencher here today (bit at home farm. New farm was finished Tuesday). Huge difference having a fully functioning stock water supply system. And one that I now fully have control and knowledge of where stuff is. Massive improvement to farm.