We were finally successful in processing the last bunch of meat birds. We are doing two more batches; I think that all we’ve tagged for sale are sold. So that’s always good news.

There are a lot of “too’s” in our life right now. Too hot! Too muggy. Too dry. We’ve been hunkering down and not doing too much. We’re butchering the remaining chickens on Saturday so we’re really hoping that the temps come down a bit more. That’s about all I have to say today. I’m sure we’ll be able to bring you up to date later. Just wanted to leave something for today. Until then, as always~
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You know how Sherlock Holmes craves data? Well, I don’t know that I agree with the need for so much data! I I received the data from NOAA and wow! there was a lot of data, and I only asked for precipitation. I spent a few hours sorting and sifting trying to figure out what I could tell from it. I’m not too sure I trust it completely, because the elevations they gave did not match the elevations around here, and the days that we had snow, they showed no snow. So given that, I can only take the information with a grain of salt. Regardless, following is what I crunched out of it.

Isn’t that what people always ask when the weather begins creeping upwards of the high 90’s? Well, my answer is always, “Yes, yes it is.”

What garden? Lately I’ve been contemplating buying a few dozen of these rocks and stationing them around the property. Sometimes, it seems that I’ve killed more plants than I’ve planted. I know that doesn’t make much sense, but there were a lot of things here when we got here. And we have a nursery with about 30+ bushes and trees waiting to be planted. But so many that have actually already been planted have died for various reasons: gophers, squirrels, wind, heat, frost, and lately – chickens. I just want to keep what we’ve got hanging in there until we get some rain from the monsoons.