Coffee's Ready, Come and Sit on the Porch

[baymule]

Coffee is ready. Going to be another beautiful day. Got therapy this morning, need to do a little shopping, got a few things on the list.

 

[tortoise]

I woke up feeling tired - never a good sign. I'm telling myself I can go back to bed for a couple hours- as soon as DS7 gets on the bus.

 

[baymule]

Yes, I also vacuum seal for freezing also. We get the big family packs of meat from stores than I break them down into smaller portions. I buy a lot of fresh veggies and freeze them too after blanching and ice baths. I'm so looking forward to being able to have a small garden now that we have our house. I just have to buy seeds and a starter greenhouse plus pick a spot and get it ready for Spring which is hopefully right around the corner so that way I won't have to worry about buying any veggies from the stores and I can learn how to can. I mean my Great-Grandma used to do A LOT of canning but I don't ever remember watching her do it. I understand it's a process that can't be rushed but having 5 dogs (with three of them being 3 and younger) you get patience real quick.

Start with the already started plants from feed stores or a big box store. It will be easier for your first garden.
I have a small upright “greenhouse “ with plastic zipper cover that I rigged up with grow lights and a small heater at the bottom. It sat on my porch. Have moved twice in past year, lots of upheaval, so haven’t set it up for this year. But it was adequate for my big garden I had. If you have a garage or protected place, it would work for you.
Before that, I used the 4’ shop lights with flats of planted seeds in the bathtub. LOL

 

[baymule]

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This is on sale! Cheaper than what I paid several years ago.

 

[Country homesteader]

That's the greenhouse kits I mentioned earlier. I have a shed that I can do all my replanting in that once the plants get big enough I can move them out there and they'll be able to get light and feel the elements but be protected from storms until they are hardened. I've done small gardens before (tomatoes, cucumbers [which didn't do to good], squash [another thing that didn't do too good] and peppers). Once my FH gets his workbench built in his shed I'm going to see if he'll help me make a raised garden bed out of the wood he will have remaining and whatever scrap wood he can get from work.

 

[CrealCritter]

And sirloin ball tip is $2.99. Im making jerky I think. I've been waiting for a suitable meat to go on sale to do it.

Just a thought... I learned sirloin tip is good flavorable eats as a steak. Then leftover cut thin crosswise for enchiladas worked well.

Jesus is Lord and Christ

 

[Mini Horses]

On Saturday when I was shopping I had to run into WALMART and I noticed that a 36 count of eggs was $17 . I'm so glad that we get our eggs from a co-workers

Just gave DD $17 worth. . She said a co-worker (male) had commented in break room discussion that a person at family gathering looked at a plate of deviled eggs and said "you must be rich". He had no idea of costs as wife shops. Others there enlightened him as to prices and availability issues. DD told them hadn't bought any in years because she gets hers free, from moms chickens! That sparked some questioning about price and buying, as well as my selling them. So, I might have some new customers. I can do that!

Sunny and 53 out there ! Lunch break over. Dragging self back out to get something more done.

 

[baymule]

Whew! It’s been a day! Therapy was canceled this morning, so I went to Crockett for dog food and horse feed. Was coming down the driveway and saw Frimplepants out in the field with lambs. EEEERRRRKKKKKK! Stopped car, leaped gate in a single bound on my bionic knee, (not really but it sounds fun) and ran to Frimplepants. The other ewes were trying to steal her babies. Some were licking the lambs, Frimplepants was freaking out. The black and white lamb was following other ewes, Baa baaing and trying to nurse on them. So I got them penned up, dogs too.

The black and white lamb is a girl! The white one was shivering, Frimplepants went to work on her, but she was flopping around, trying to get up.

Poor little ewe’s front legs were so bent, she could barely get up. She tried to nurse, but kept falling down. I picked up the lambs, with Frimplepants following, yelling all the way, and put them in a small pen. I let the ewes and dogs out.

Sentry was going bonkers, wanting the babies. He stuck his head through the cow panel and licked the white baby. Sheba and Carson wanted the babies too. The only one on the farm not trying to lick or steal babies was the horse. LOL

I texted Chase, the neighbor who keeps me supplied in pallets and asked for 4 more. I tried putting the white ewe up to the teat, but she was weak, her legs were bent and she just wasn’t able. I tried tying Frimplepants up and milking her. Uhhh….nope. My sweet, rub my tummy ewe turned into a tiger with no teeth or claws, but the implication was clear. Obviously this wasn’t working, so I called TSC in Crockett and they had colostrum. I wrapped the ewe up in a towel, stuffed her in my sweat hoodie next to my belly for warmth and left.

At TSC, I bought the colostrum, pulled a baby bottle out of my pocket and asked for warm water. I had the ewe snuggled in my sweat hoodie with her head hanging out. A lady, Tammy, took the bottle, returned with warm water and mixed the colostrum. Customers were smiling and asking questions about the ewe and I told everyone that I was getting EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE. I went and sat on a pallet of 50# dog food bags and fed the lamb. Then I went to Walmart for milk to make formula. People stopped me to see the lamb and one woman was utterly enchanted, petting the lamb and said I made her day. I even got my picture taken.

It wasn’t long after I got back home that Chase showed up with pallets. I put the ewe lamb back with Frimplepants. Warm and strengthened by the warm colostrum, the lamb struggled to her wobbly feet and was able to nurse on her momma! She didn’t get much and collapsed. I fixed her a bottle and Chase fed her. He was delighted. I explained that I’m leaving on Sunday for vacation to Disney World with daughter and family for 6 days. Would he be interested in bottle feeding the lamb while I am gone? He was glad to.
“Good! Then she will be yours! “
It was decided that I will keep her until Saturday, make sure she has 2 days of colostrum and well started on formula.
He and his wife have a 10 year old girl, this little lamb will be well cared for and loved.

We got a good pallet shelter built and enlarged the pen.

Poor little ewe lamb! I think her legs are so bent from being squished in the womb. I’ve already started therapy on her. I’ve rubbed her legs, very gently straightening them. They won’t straighten but I’m trying to stretch the muscles and tendons.

Chase left to go home. I let the ewes in their night pen to feed them. They crowded up to see the lambs.

Sheba and Sentry were having fits to see the babies. Both examined the babies , then laid close to the white ewe lamb. It’s like they knew something is wrong with her. Even Carson wanted to be close to the lambs.

The black and white ewe lamb snuggled in deep hay in the new Pallet Palace.

The white ewe lamb is in a box, in the bathroom. I don’t want to leave her out in the cold, she is weak. I’ve just got to get her strength up and feed her. I’m confident that with some TLC and therapy on her legs, she will be fine. She will go back outside in the day with her mom, in at night. Saturday she will go to her new family.

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[CrealCritter]

Yesterday it was oreo going head to head with romeo the red bull. Today it's Bessey, tomorrow it'll probably be daisy. The three have pretty much synced. Romeo is not ready yet though, he's gonna need a few more months before he's a year old, then he'll be ready, maybe a little before or after.

I find it interesting that the cow and hefiers are no longer butting heads with the steers and have turned exclusively to romeo. It like they know he's a bull and the steers ain't. Poor guy, he's doing well but now I know what it means to "stand your ground". The ladies are straightening his curly hair on his head. A little rain should make it curly again though

cattle sure have a strange way of going about breeding .

my granddaughter helped me feed them today and said romeo's so shinny. I explained the best I could that a shinny coat, is a sign of good health. It made me feel good that she is learning about cattle and noticed enough to comment about the condition of his his coat.

Jesus is Lord and Christ

 

[CrealCritter]

Whew! It’s been a day! Therapy was canceled this morning, so I went to Crockett for dog food and horse feed. Was coming down the driveway and saw Frimplepants out in the field with lambs. EEEERRRRKKKKKK! Stopped car, leaped gate in a single bound on my bionic knee, (not really but it sounds fun) and ran to Frimplepants. The other ewes were trying to steal her babies. Some were licking the lambs, Frimplepants was freaking out. The black and white lamb was following other ewes, Baa baaing and trying to nurse on them. So I got them penned up, dogs too.

The black and white lamb is a girl! The white one was shivering, Frimplepants went to work on her, but she was flopping around, trying to get up.

Poor little ewe’s front legs were so bent, she could barely get up. She tried to nurse, but kept falling down. I picked up the lambs, with Frimplepants following, yelling all the way, and put them in a small pen. I let the ewes and dogs out.

Sentry was going bonkers, wanting the babies. He stuck his head through the cow panel and licked the white baby. Sheba and Carson wanted the babies too. The only one on the farm not trying to lick or steal babies was the horse. LOL

I texted Chase, the neighbor who keeps me supplied in pallets and asked for 4 more. I tried putting the white ewe up to the teat, but she was weak, her legs were bent and she just wasn’t able. I tried tying Frimplepants up and milking her. Uhhh….nope. My sweet, rub my tummy ewe turned into a tiger with no teeth or claws, but the implication was clear. Obviously this wasn’t working, so I called TSC in Crockett and they had colostrum. I wrapped the ewe up in a towel, stuffed her in my sweat hoodie next to my belly for warmth and left.

At TSC, I bought the colostrum, pulled a baby bottle out of my pocket and asked for warm water. I had the ewe snuggled in my sweat hoodie with her head hanging out. A lady, Tammy, took the bottle, returned with warm water and mixed the colostrum. Customers were smiling and asking questions about the ewe and I told everyone that I was getting EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE. I went and sat on a pallet of 50# dog food bags and fed the lamb. Then I went to Walmart for milk to make formula. People stopped me to see the lamb and one woman was utterly enchanted, petting the lamb and said I made her day. I even got my picture taken.

It wasn’t long after I got back home that Chase showed up with pallets. I put the ewe lamb back with Frimplepants. Warm and strengthened by the warm colostrum, the lamb struggled to her wobbly feet and was able to nurse on her momma! She didn’t get much and collapsed. I fixed her a bottle and Chase fed her. He was delighted. I explained that I’m leaving on Sunday for vacation to Disney World with daughter and family for 6 days. Would he be interested in bottle feeding the lamb while I am gone? He was glad to.
“Good! Then she will be yours! “
It was decided that I will keep her until Saturday, make sure she has 2 days of colostrum and well started on formula.
He and his wife have a 10 year old girl, this little lamb will be well cared for and loved.

We got a good pallet shelter built and enlarged the pen.

Poor little ewe lamb! I think her legs are so bent from being squished in the womb. I’ve already started therapy on her. I’ve rubbed her legs, very gently straightening them. They won’t straighten but I’m trying to stretch the muscles and tendons.

Chase left to go home. I let the ewes in their night pen to feed them. They crowded up to see the lambs.

Sheba and Sentry were having fits to see the babies. Both examined the babies , then laid close to the white ewe lamb. It’s like they knew something is wrong with her. Even Carson wanted to be close to the lambs.

The black and white ewe lamb snuggled in deep hay in the new Pallet Palace.

The white ewe lamb is in a box, in the bathroom. I don’t want to leave her out in the cold, she is weak. I’ve just got to get her strength up and feed her. I’m confident that with some TLC and therapy on her legs, she will be fine. She will go back outside in the day with her mom, in at night. Saturday she will go to her new family.

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So your giving the white lamb away, good on you

Jesus is Lord and Christ