Java. the end.

[FarmerDenise]

No way that's going to happen Lori. They are only 10 and 11 and I'm betting it would create more work for me than I ever need. I do have floors that need mopped...pretty nasty from canning tomatoes last week.

He he, that ought to be a good job for a 10 and 11 year old

Glad to hear you are getting goats too! I just love my little goats. If I had know how wonderfull they are, I would have gotten goats many years ago.
After my initial fiasco with the B1 deficiency, things have been going fairly well. They managed to escape the electric netting once, so we fixed that and then they busted down another fence and we fixed that too. Now I am constantly on the prowl for free food for them. Fortunatle DD's yard is overgrown with blackberries as are most yards around here. I told my neighbor he could throw the blackberry vines over the fence, when he cut them. He was happy and I know the goats will be too!!

 

[Javamama]

What day is this My week has been weird due to a couple of trips back home for stuff. I thought today was Monday until about 10am, then I heard on the radio that it's Friday the 13th.
One more trip back home to make (about an hour drive) and then it's back to normal. I love normal. I hate to leave home. I am a happy hermit.

We are still waiting on the heat and humidity to break. Couple more days then it will cool off to the upper 80s. Can't wait! The garden is finished. What a short, sad season this year. I might not plant one next year because of all the disease we had going on this year. The we would probably get spectacular weather and I would regret it

 

[Dace]

Wow Java, you sound about at mixed up as I am!

Sorry that your garden was a bust....don't give up on next year though. By the time spring rolls around you will be ready to give it a go again. I bought a few tomatoes and need to get them into the ground today....I am hoping to get a few ripe ones before our cold nights kick in around Nov.

We have been really cool so far this year, very odd weather. Should be warmer, mid 80s today I think.

 

[Javamama]

Dang spider webs! I walk through an industrial strength one every flippin' morning on the way to let the animals out. I look out for them and they are invisible. And then I can't get the strings off because they are so sticky. I feel like a hobbit.

I pulled up the tomatoes last night. It was too depressing looking at the sickly mess every day. I have never pulled tomatoes before October.
I have peppers and beans left. But they gotta go soon because that's where the goats are going to be. I think. We're still working it out. So much to do before they come home.

My kids go back to school in 6 days. They like school and it's been too hot for much of the summer to go outside so boredom set in early.

 

[TanksHill]

We start on the 23rd as well. My youngest is off to kindergarten.

I have found with my tomatoes this year the more I ignore them the better they do. I have 3 huge plants left. About 4 ft tall. I have not seen a tomato on any of them. Just weird.

I can't wait to hear more about your goats.

gina

 

[Javamama]

I can't wait to hear more about your goats.

Neither can I - I haven't had any contact with the breeder since we went to see them. She works 2 jobs and has no email at the moment.

 

[Javamama]

Weekend notes.

Going to TSC this morning for fencing and whatnot. If it doesn't rain we may start the goat corral. Hmm, weather guy just said around an inch expected.

Just discovered that there is a large animal/ruminant vet not even a mile from my house I thought they only did horses, but decided to double check. I have vet backup for the goats and I can practically walk there! (I wouldn't walk the goats there - too much traffic)

And my dog inadvertently saved a nest of baby rabbits. She found the nest in my garden, and had just pulled one out to "play". This is the garden we were getting ready to till. So the dog killed one, but the rest were saved because of it. Silly dog didn't even mean to kill it - she has no kill instinct, which she has proven over and over again , but has a love for baby animals which usually ends badly.

 

[Javamama]

Bringing home a 330 foot roll of fence, a bale of pine shavings and a few bags of feed in a minivan makes for an interesting trip. We can only remove one seat on the van due to having a 3 year old who can't stay at home, so it was a tight squeeze. Somebody forgot to tell us that a farm vehicle would be handy. But we did it anyway.


Yesterday we took advantage of the cloud cover and did yard work. I fought the crabgrass that has taken over. Stupid crabgrass.
DH trimmed the maple tree that you couldn't walk under without getting smacked in the face by a branch. Much better!

Boring, but that's life sometimes. I like it.

 

[Dace]

You must have been quite a sight loading uo that minivan

Everyone's rain just blows me away, we are so dry here from late spring into late winter! Dry dry dry!

 

[Javamama]

School started for the kids yesterday Now it's just me and me littlest one at home. It's so good to be back on a schedule again. I need it.
We are trying to prepare for the goats. Couldn't start the fence because our clay soil is so hard right now that we need to get a post driver. DH won't buy one, so we are hitting up our 4-H friends. And we are building a 12X 6 (I think) shelter for them, kind of in a loafing shed style but modified for the location. The goal is to have it finished by Labor Day. Tight schedule for us, but exciting. Now that the weather has cooled, we feel like working.

I have to get my last 2 amalgam fillings replaced today because they are falling apart. I have a good dentist, so it's no big deal.