27 Thursday Feb 2020
Posted in Projects
We’re having an erosion problem around the coop; aided by chickens, there is no doubt, but mostly due to rainwater running off the roof of the coop. It’s definitely not a drainage issue, for which one would normally use a french drain. So, perhaps we should call them modified french drains. Continue reading
25 Tuesday Feb 2020
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As we start to really think about getting ready (no, we’re not ready to get ready – only thinking about getting ready) for the late spring and all summer processing season, we are trying to get our freezer emptied so that we can defrost it. This is a me mandate… must eat what we have before we buy more! Doesn’t really work for us tho’. Today I purchased shrimp, because we don’t have any, and where do they go? In the freezer. Granted, they are for Thursday’s dinner, but still. Geesh. Continue reading
20 Thursday Feb 2020
Posted in Fun Stuff
More than the usual, I am muzzy headed these last few days. Brain fog, some call it. It’s difficult for me to get a clear thought in my head. This often happens when I’ve been traveling, but I’ve been home for two sleeps now and I’m still very much muzzy headed. Continue reading
13 Thursday Feb 2020
Posted in Fun Stuff, Uncategorized
Highlights of the California trip…. so far. This is only really day two of being in Cali and we’ve already done so much. At least it seems that way. I left Sierra Vista around 9:30 a.m. and had pouring rain off and on all the way to Gila Bend (my favorite gas station stop). Then it stopped and the sun came out and was beautiful all the way to my folks home. Continue reading
04 Tuesday Feb 2020
Posted in Co-workers
This Sunday, as well as it being Superbowl Sunday, it was Groundhog day (and Sue’s Aunt Pat’s birthday!) The report was that Punxsatawney Phil did not see his shadow, which – traditionally – heralds an early spring. Isn’t it great what we can learn from animals? Sue and I, however, didn’t really need good ol’ Punxsatawney Phil to tell us that spring is near. Continue reading
02 Sunday Feb 2020
Posted in Projects
Yep. Here I am on Super Bowl Sunday, watching the game and blogging, because – you know, there are so many replays and chatter that you can totally keep up and still do something else. Besides, I can always stop typing to watch the commercials. It’s almost halftime, so we’ll need to pause live TV to go put the chicken’s in in just a few minutes. No matter what is happening between the Chiefs and the 49ers (Go Chiefs – for Holly and Family), I really just want to talk about gardening and what we did yesterday. Continue reading
28 Tuesday Jan 2020
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I just wanted to do a quick recap of our processing day on Saturday. I have zero photos of that day. I think neither Sue, nor I were really wanting to do this this past weekend. Not that we were trying to put it off, but it’s different when you’re going to be processing meat birds. These were the Banty roosters, that we just couldn’t keep any longer and the male Apple duck, who was getting more and more aggressive towards Roma, the goose. So, we just had to take care of them. Sadly. Continue reading
23 Thursday Jan 2020
Posted in Co-workers, Projects
You’ve got to be careful when you google for images. Did you know that if you just put in the word “string” to search for images that you get a whole lot of photos of g-string underwear? Just warning you. However, I am not talking about underwear, nor string theory (which I love!), nor even about stringing words together – I’m talking about a string of not so great news lately. Just a warning, there is one graphic photo, but it’s in artsy black and white, so it won’t be too shocking. Let’s keep this one short today. Continue reading
19 Sunday Jan 2020
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For the last couple of years, “taking down the tree” after Christmas, in our house, ultimately ends up as “planting out the tree”. Last year’s Christmas tree hung around in its pot until late summer when it was added to the south wind break we’ve taken to calling, “the tree line” At least this year we got the tree in the ground before the end of January! Continue reading
16 Thursday Jan 2020
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In Sue’s Christmas letter, you may have read that we still had not lost any of the birds to predation… we’ve been here for 3 years now and that is a really long time with no deaths from hawks, owls, coyotes or other predators. Well, yesterday we had our first. Sue interrupted a hawk that had just dispatched Wheezy. Poor Wheezy. Sue feels bad, but all the other chickens were hiding, Wheezy just never liked going into the tractor. First chicken in three years. That’s pretty amazing. Continue reading
