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Monthly Archives: March 2018

it’s a Good friday

30 Friday Mar 2018

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Hey! Thanks for logging on to read what’s happening. Yep, we’ve been off-line for a bit – two posts missed. It worries the folks when we’re not on schedule, but it’s a Good Friday to update from the week.  Are you already anticipating what the egg report is going to look like! Maybe I’ll create a table for the week – that’s a good idea, we’ll see what I come up with.  Otherwise here’s the week’s update. Continue reading →

For the hardcore followers

23 Friday Mar 2018

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I am out of town this week-spending some time in North Carolina at a conference for work, so I am not home helping out or on the front lines of what’s going on. Sue is left to take care of everything and everyone, plus give me the lowdown on the happenings. This blog, today, is just the nitty gritty, no fluff, no photos, info for the hard core followers. I have a few minutes between sessions to take care of the post – using my iPhones, so I won’t have the egg report for Friday- I’m 3 hours ahead of Sue and it’s still 3 hours before she picks up this afternoon’s egg caches. This is the best that I can do. Continue reading →

in recovery

19 Monday Mar 2018

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Ok, so we’re beginning to recover. At least we think we are. The thing is, we didn’t do anything all weekend, so there’s not a whole lot to report. In Sue’s farm journal entry for yesterday, along with the egg report, it just says “windy all day”. Which it was, but we didn’t do much of anything — again. But our chickens have been busy!  Continue reading →

minimal blog day

16 Friday Mar 2018

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off todayToday is minimal day. Mostly because I have hit the sickness wall and really don’t have energy to think, or type. We are both still dealing with virus complications. It’s bad when everyone in the household has it because we’re just tired and cranky and don’t want to really do anything.   Here’s what’s happened the last couple of days- minimally.   Continue reading →

midweek update

14 Wednesday Mar 2018

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So, I have to be honest and say that both Sue and I have the crud. It has taken hold and settled in for a spell.  I’m a few days behind Sue, but she’s having a hard time knocking it. Suffice it to say that not a whole lot of special is going on here. We’re doing good keeping up with day to day stuff. I have zero brain, which is interfering with my writing – more than normally. I just re-read Monday’s post and had to go back in and make corrections, I swear I already did that, but that brain was not working even then. So, today we’ll just do a quick midweek update and then hope for more fun on Friday. Continue reading →

visiting friends

12 Monday Mar 2018

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PIPER-MATRIX-lead

photo credit: James Lawrence

On Friday we were eagerly awaiting a visit from some friends who live in Ramona and Saturday we were not disappointed. They took off from the Ramona Municipal Airport, in Vickie and Bob’s Piper Matrix, Saturday morning at 7:01 PST and arrived at the Sierra Vista Municipal Airport at 9:56 MST, that’s a total flight time of 1hr and 55 minutes. Not bad! I picked them up a few minutes later and we began our whirlwind tour of Sierra Vista, Hereford and the farm.  Continue reading →

armed to farm

09 Friday Mar 2018

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armed_to_farm_030615It’s been a quiet day on the farm today. Ron had another engagement elsewhere today, so he couldn’t come over. Which is probably ok, because Sue is feeling a bit dragged out. Going, going, going can kinda wear you out. I’m hoping it’s the weather instability affecting her and that she’s not coming down with some crud that’s been going around. Anyway, nothing new to report on the RCW. It was just a normal day of normal chores and normal errands for greens and feed. HOWEVER, something completely unanticipated – and therefore not normal: Sue received notice today that she was accepted to attend a week long seminar in April, for Veterans who are going into farming! It’s called “Armed to Farm”. Continue reading →

we’re excited!

08 Thursday Mar 2018

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James Most

Sorting out seedlings

Today (Wednesday) I had an exciting e-mail in my in box. James Most, from the Chestnut Proliferation Project, sent me a note that our trees are one their way! They should be here Saturday or Monday. Being sent all the way from Orcas Island off of the Seattle Coast line, it may be a shock to them at first, coming from such a moist environment, but we’ll heal them in and let them get used to it here. Once they go through the monsoons, I think they’ll be ok. They are being sent via Fed-ex and I believe they’ll be little bare root saplings, like those pictured here from James’ farm. He’s been a great help to us with planning out the orchard and figuring out how far apart to plant them, how much water they’ll need – what NOT to do with them. Once they are established, they are a wonderfully drought tolerant tree. Continue reading →

weekend update

05 Monday Mar 2018

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Our biggest project this weekend was the processing (finally) of 11 Banty Roosters. But we’re not going to talk about that. (Unless you’re interested in purchasing some Cornish Hen sized chickens – then just leave a note at the bottom of this post- sold 3 already, so let me know quickly.) I will talk about the fact that we moved the Banty hens into the chicken tractor that was recently vacated by the Roosters. They are happier in there than they were in the brooder – plus, tomorrow they’ll be able to roam outside in the leaf pond again. Today those little hens gave us 3 eggs, so the move didn’t seem to negatively affect them at all. The other thing we’ll talk about is the RCW that Ron and Sue worked on today.  Continue reading →

Disneyland special report

02 Friday Mar 2018

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turkeyOk, ok. I know its odd to have Disneyland show up here. I mean, really. What in the world could Disneyland  have to do with Permaculture or Wing and a Prayer? Well, let me tell you. When I first started thinking about what type of special report I could come up with, linked to Disneyland – I wasn’t exactly sure. At Big Thunder Ranch, they used to have chickens and the Presidentially pardoned Turkeys, some other farm animals in a petting zoo type situation, but it closed down in 2016 to make room for the Star Wars themed Land currently under construction. So, what was left that was kind of farmy? Continue reading →

Hereford in Photos

When morning guilds the skies
When morning guilds the skies
Bits of Fall
Bits of Fall
Blues, Greys, Greens, and Browns
Blues, Greys, Greens, and Browns
Getting ready for fall
Getting ready for fall
Horizons
Horizons
Creek Action
Creek Action
Weather is made in Sonoita
Weather is made in Sonoita
Fallen Foliage
Fallen Foliage
Fall Water
Fall Water
Rain clouds held off by the cross
Rain clouds held off by the cross

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