General “farm” like topics.
From a project standpoint, I routinely bite off a little more than I can chew. I’m also pretty bad about easing into new projects. So let us take a gander at what I’m working on now: You can see that the fodder is growing well enough. The two flats that are “full” will be fed… Continue reading Project Expansions
It’s winter, regardless of what the official start date is. After more or less giving up — because of shelf vs size constraints, equipment not cooperating, mold, and just not having the brain power (concussion, pregnancy) to manage it, I am back to trying fodder for the rabbits. For one, the short days mean the… Continue reading Fodder Take 2
But it’s not as cold as it could be, even if it’s an unending light rain. This last weekend was busy. I drove about 350-400 miles, split among three trips, for various reasons. First trip was to rescue to lovely Maine Coon sisters before their current family gave up and took them to a pound.… Continue reading Not such a lovely day
Today was lovely. Clear skies, no significant breeze, a balmy (relatively) 60F. I spent today using the lovely weather to finish up the winterization of the rabbits and chicken coop. Good thing, too. Tuesday, at 8am, it is forecast to be 14F, wind chill of 0F. I found this out about 2 or 3pm today,… Continue reading A lovely day
My father spent last weekend visiting. One part of the visit was to see his granddaughter. One part of the visit was to help his pregnant daughter (that is, me) get some stuff ready for this terrible concept known as “winter” before the weather turns really bad. I will say right now: I don’t think… Continue reading Winterization
Three days of nothing but storm fronts — and bad ones, at that — reminded me how soon winter will be here. So, despite the non-stop rain of yesterday (it finally slowed to a drizzle a long time after sunset), I acquired the lumber and various bits for building out a new hutch. It is,… Continue reading New hutch and bad weather
After no sightings of raccoons in a couple of weeks — not since the one was found dead along side the road — I separated out the pullet juvies from the butcher birds in the grow out pen, and moved them up top. Everyone needed space, and the pullets don’t need meat bird feed. I… Continue reading
We spent the weekend a couple hours north, so I had to split up one cage of grow out bunnies into two, to ensure they’d have enough food over the weekend. This meant the cage the hens had been hiding in overnight was locked out from their use. We arrived home earlier, and not only… Continue reading Tentatively hopeful
I didn’t get as much completed today as I did yesterday. Still, every step completed is a helpful step. In the picture below, you can see part of yesterday’s work and today’s. The scrap wood comes from my husband’s friend, who imports sculptures and carvings from his native village in Africa. (He does some himself,… Continue reading Upgrades
Finally doing well enough to work on some of the projects I meant to complete over the summer. The days are already getting noticeably shorter — and up here, that means it’s going get cold long before I’m ready for it. Spent time today dismantling the small interior coop I’d put together in a rush… Continue reading Coop ‘n’ Stuff