Would it be terribly uncouth of me to brag just a tiny bit about all we have gotten done on our homestead this summer?
Yesterday, we butchered 20 chickens and I got them all put in the freezer AND managed to get 7 quarts of green beans canned. All of this after putting in a couple of hours at our local farmer's market where I sold all of the extra yellow wax beans that I didn't want to can. On top of that, I sold all of my goat cheese.
Of course, tomorrow I will need to again pick the green beans and the wax beans....
Last year, a farmer neighbor accidentally sprayed and killed or severly weakened several of my bee hives. I didn't get to harvest one drop of honey. This year, I have caught two swarms and the remaining hives look as if they are trying to make up for last year.
I have decided to cut back on my goat herd and I have sold 8 milkers for top dollar. I am using or selling every drop of milk we get and my doe kids look marvelous for next year.
Alas---- not everything looks good. The grass and weeds are head high in places, the grasshoppers are here again and I seem to be in the middle of a June Beetle plague. Tomorrow, I plan on working in the garden--- with my weed eater!
Dorema
Yesterday, we butchered 20 chickens and I got them all put in the freezer AND managed to get 7 quarts of green beans canned. All of this after putting in a couple of hours at our local farmer's market where I sold all of the extra yellow wax beans that I didn't want to can. On top of that, I sold all of my goat cheese.
Of course, tomorrow I will need to again pick the green beans and the wax beans....
Last year, a farmer neighbor accidentally sprayed and killed or severly weakened several of my bee hives. I didn't get to harvest one drop of honey. This year, I have caught two swarms and the remaining hives look as if they are trying to make up for last year.
I have decided to cut back on my goat herd and I have sold 8 milkers for top dollar. I am using or selling every drop of milk we get and my doe kids look marvelous for next year.
Alas---- not everything looks good. The grass and weeds are head high in places, the grasshoppers are here again and I seem to be in the middle of a June Beetle plague. Tomorrow, I plan on working in the garden--- with my weed eater!
Dorema