Around the farm
At the left - Andrew Hounshell, Gary
Hounshell Jr, Jacki Stuppy and Zach
Hounshell in front of the Rose bushes
at the State Fair. As you can see they
really wanted to have their pic taken.
This was taken right before they went
to change clothes to give their speeches
about what they learned curing country
hams.
To the right is all of the non- smoked
hams at the fair. There was over 400
hams total (including smoked hams,
didn't get a pic of those) at the fair this
year. Each ham was divided between
smoked and non-smoked, then again
into the different years the child was
born.  Andrew won a Blue ribbon for
his ham, Gary Jr won a Red ribbon for
his and Zach also won a Red ribbon for
his. All of the children there did a great
job procesing their hams, all the hams
looked and smelled wonderful!
We just got the results from the speech part of the  Country Ham Projects at the State
Fair. Zach recieved a Red Ribbon , Gary Jr. recieved a Blue Ribbon and Andrew also
got a Blue Ribbon. Great Job Boys!!!!
Pics of the goats
Above - Persia  Below Persia and Bunny
Above - Miss Blend and Princess   Below - My girls
Everyone ready for another round of "Ring around the Pond?"
This is the trailer we purchased this year
to make going to shows a lot easier. No
more loading and unloading the truck
several times a week. We where lucky to
find what we was looking for with a
dressing/sleeping area.
This is her Before pic, and will post After
pics as soon as it's warm enough to have
her painted,  Red and Black.
Right: :
The trailer sanded down, taped off and almost ready to paint.

Left:
Gary finishing up putting the red on the trailer.  The Black is next.

(The date was wrong on my camera and I didn't catch it.
05/10/2010.)
And the Black finally goes on....... Can't wait  for her to
dry so we can pull off all of the tape and paper, finally
getting to see her finished.

Finally Finished!!
Hounshell farm was pleased to help the
Hospice care of the Bluegrass with their
"Got your Goat?" Fund raiser.  The
current Mayor of Berea, Steven
Connelly, was the winner of a beautiful
Doeling, Ky Sweetheart. Mr. Connelly
had purchased the insurance to make
sure he did not have to take possession
of the goat.

A youth jazz group out of Lexington,
BAJA (Bluegrass Area Jazz Assoc.) will
be holding the next "Got your Goat?"
fund raiser. Hounshell Farm will also be
providing their goat for the winner.

Please show your support for them as
well.