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frustratedearthmother
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Whoop, whoop! I don't go back to work until Tuesday! I'm so excited. Maybe I can kinda, sorta get caught up now!
I've been going in circles lately.... we're getting a good 2 dozen eggs a day and they all have to be cleaned and put away... I'm getting squash and green beans every day now. I put some green beans in the dehydrator last night, and I'll do another batch this evening or tomorrow morning probably. I need to blanch and freeze some of the squash, but only after I make a big ol' pot of squash soup this weekend. The Rattlesnake pole beans are cranking up and I'll probably be picking them in a day or so AND I saw some jalapeno peppers peeking out of the foliage yesterday. There were blooms on the potato plants the other day so it won't be too much longer for them. And, I've got lots of little green tomatoes - just no ripe ones yet. I started to say no 'red' ones yet, but I've got lots of purple, black orange and pink tomatoes planted along with the red ones... Anxious to see how those work out.
We've got 8 goat kids and a broody hatched 4 faverolle eggs a day or so ago. A friend gave me 11 guinea eggs that I slipped under another broody. I have no idea when to expect those, cuz the guinea hen has been brooding them but my friend didn't know for how long. The same friend has a Pygmy buck for me that's almost weaning age. I gave her a show quality doe about 6 months ago in exchange for a future buck. I don't mind doing that cuz it keeps my herd name out in the show world and I still sell a show prospect (for mo' money!) occasionally.
In addition to all that - I've got about 4 or 5 dozen eggs in the incbator.... what was I thinking?
I'm going to take down a temporary fence we put around the raised beds in the back yard. Since the Westies are now living in luxury prison I don't have to worry about them digging in there aymore. It'll look much nicer without the fence around it and it'll be lots easier to mow.
In a couple weeks I should have the new cover built over the back porch. My back porch is on the north west side of the house and it gets HOT, HOT, HOT out here in the afternoon. I had a guy from work, who does construction on the side, come out and give me a bid. I got the bid yesterday and it was, thankfully, $200 dollars under our limit! I'm so excited! It'll be a metal roof, but it's going to be insulated and finished off with bead board underneath. He's also going to put in electrical so we can hang a minimum of 3 ceiling fans out there. This is somethig I've wanted to do for 20 years and I just can't WAIT!
I've been milking the girls semi-regulary but not drinking the milk yet. I just don't like the taste until a while after they kid. The dogs don't seem to care though, so they've been loving it.
I need to mow the yard, and then get out to the garden and do some more mulching... I'm so tired of weeds already. Mulch, mulch, mulch - I think about it in my sleep!
Guess I better get going. Pretty hot out there, but at least riding the mower doesn't take too much out of me...
I've been going in circles lately.... we're getting a good 2 dozen eggs a day and they all have to be cleaned and put away... I'm getting squash and green beans every day now. I put some green beans in the dehydrator last night, and I'll do another batch this evening or tomorrow morning probably. I need to blanch and freeze some of the squash, but only after I make a big ol' pot of squash soup this weekend. The Rattlesnake pole beans are cranking up and I'll probably be picking them in a day or so AND I saw some jalapeno peppers peeking out of the foliage yesterday. There were blooms on the potato plants the other day so it won't be too much longer for them. And, I've got lots of little green tomatoes - just no ripe ones yet. I started to say no 'red' ones yet, but I've got lots of purple, black orange and pink tomatoes planted along with the red ones... Anxious to see how those work out.
We've got 8 goat kids and a broody hatched 4 faverolle eggs a day or so ago. A friend gave me 11 guinea eggs that I slipped under another broody. I have no idea when to expect those, cuz the guinea hen has been brooding them but my friend didn't know for how long. The same friend has a Pygmy buck for me that's almost weaning age. I gave her a show quality doe about 6 months ago in exchange for a future buck. I don't mind doing that cuz it keeps my herd name out in the show world and I still sell a show prospect (for mo' money!) occasionally.
In addition to all that - I've got about 4 or 5 dozen eggs in the incbator.... what was I thinking?
I'm going to take down a temporary fence we put around the raised beds in the back yard. Since the Westies are now living in luxury prison I don't have to worry about them digging in there aymore. It'll look much nicer without the fence around it and it'll be lots easier to mow.
In a couple weeks I should have the new cover built over the back porch. My back porch is on the north west side of the house and it gets HOT, HOT, HOT out here in the afternoon. I had a guy from work, who does construction on the side, come out and give me a bid. I got the bid yesterday and it was, thankfully, $200 dollars under our limit! I'm so excited! It'll be a metal roof, but it's going to be insulated and finished off with bead board underneath. He's also going to put in electrical so we can hang a minimum of 3 ceiling fans out there. This is somethig I've wanted to do for 20 years and I just can't WAIT!
I've been milking the girls semi-regulary but not drinking the milk yet. I just don't like the taste until a while after they kid. The dogs don't seem to care though, so they've been loving it.
I need to mow the yard, and then get out to the garden and do some more mulching... I'm so tired of weeds already. Mulch, mulch, mulch - I think about it in my sleep!
Guess I better get going. Pretty hot out there, but at least riding the mower doesn't take too much out of me...
