A quick Monday update for ya’ll. Weekend seemed to go rather quickly. We sold all the eggs at the Farmers Market on Saturday. That was good. Also, this Saturday we pushed the camper trailer into working position. It’s under the car port by the back door, so that it’s protected from Sun and rain and mostly sheltered from the prevailing winds. Sue has started demolition and took all the old rotted canvas out today. What she found is that there was a leak in the roof so most of the interior wood in the roof has rotted as well. I’ll try to take some better photos as we try to remove the heavy plywood that made up the sleeping side of the tent, tomorrow. Sue said there is a lot that can probably be salvaged. We’ll see as we go along. You can check out the initial idea from the post on March 8 called “Upcoming Projects“. I think this one will be going on for a bit, so there will be plenty of photo opportunities. Continue reading
Trailer Park(ed)
30 Monday Oct 2017
Posted in Co-workers, Projects
Chicken? Yep, chicken. We have an egg sucker – or rather an egg eater – in need of a 12 step program to help with her addiction. We’ve been trying to catch her in the act, or figure out who the culprit is, for weeks now. We have an idea, but no proof. We tried holding an intervention, but none of the chickens were willing to say anything~ so that was a no go. Many people are surprised to hear that chickens really do like eggs. – They also like to eat cooked chicken, but that’s another story. – Most of the time, egg eating starts innocently enough; an egg accidentally gets broken in the nest and they get a taste for it, then it becomes a habit. There are also other reasons that chickens may start feel compelled to eat eggs, so we’ve taken great pains to make sure these do not apply to our hens. 
Okay, in reality, this is the weekend update, but I had a talk with my folks a bit ago and I thought their story needed to go into the blog. So, let’s have a chat about habaneros. Those are hot peppers that are really quite hot! If you follow the 
“I love it when a plan comes together!” Immortal words from the leader of the A-Team, Hannibal Smith, but they are so very true; right up there with one of Sue’s favorites, “I love completing a project!” And she can say that this week, because the most tricky part of the cold frame is done! There was some difficulty figuring out the covering for it, but yesterday it all came together. 