Yesterday I hit my plot with tractor tiller lightly. A few pieces of grasses were popping up! Expected as initial till was just to turn anything there to kill out a couple weeks ago. For me, it was a half hr job, so YES till was fast/easy. It's all ready to plant. Hoping to work on that...
I have a hen with chick right now and she will throw herself a you if you get close! π. Worse than a roo π€£. So something the size of a turkey -- yeah, be careful. Another thing, turkeys can propel themselves further & higher than you might think with their bulk!!
This front that came in with...
I have ordered from Coe's comfrey, he's in NC. Got some nice crowns thru Amazon via private farm. My chickens LOVE the stuff!! Those rascals will dig up the roots on young plants, so have to protect those. Goats eat it. I dehydrate some and an making some salve soon, been soaking leaves...
Chickens eat grass. They scratch up & thru chips, looking for worms. Herbs are good for them -- and you π₯°. Mine free range all my pastures, eat bugs, grain droppings from animals feed, get produce from garden or otherwise found...plus kitchen scraps. In winter, you can sprout seeds for them...
I got some outdate/close date meats from a store last week. 18# of armour bacon, 29 PKG Oscar meyer bun length hot dogs, close date -- in my freezer. Plus almost 30# of out of date meats/ hot dogs -- cats LOVE me!! Oh, cheese -- 14.5# sliced, various type, close dated & 4 pkgs philly crm ch...
Have you used any of your goats for the dinner table? I have. One full dairy. Excellent flavor. This yr I'll keep one of the crossbred (dairy mom/Boer dad) and feed out thru winter. I was looking tonight and boy are those guys growing! π³ Lotsa milk makes for good growth. They're about to...
π³π³ Obscene!!! My mtg is way less. Couldn't buy one.
This -- accurate beyond reasonable doubt!! π‘π‘π‘ Between prices up and quantity down, yeah we're all getting screwed and not even a π kiss! But the top line corp people are all getting huge bonuses. I hope they choke on some of the crap...
Frost? Now you can triumphantly say " glad I didn't put tomato plants out" ππ. Ahhh, it'll stop soon.
We are chilly & damp here but ok. Just light jacket weather. Garden watered again, with soft rains, not a lotπ. But still not planted. ππ. Maybe THIS weekend coming.
I've had mice eat at my goat milk soap!! Must be good to eat π. It's great as soap and not skin drying.
There are sprinkles going on this morn, just a little. But rains are gonna march on in stronger late morn & balance of day. Hope it isn't a big rain. It's cooler too, low 50s. Light...
Get some dirty in that FEL π can't have clean on a tractor!! Yep, brisk air and tractor riding thru it gets cold. Wait until it rains, snows, etc -- old memories will flood back. π