Prep Genrl Weekly Prep Thread: April 28 ~ May 4, 2019
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We have been trying to get some outside work done this weekend. I love Bermuda grass in the yard and hay field, but hate battling it in the garden. We mowed most of the lawn. We left some stands of blooming clover for the bees. We also got our nuk of bees we ordered in January. Lots of people lost hives last year. We lost 2 of our 3 hives. We put the new one in a different location to see if they do better there.
One of my peach trees we planted in February looks to be dieing. I am not sure what is wrong. There has been enough rain. We are expecting 4-6 inches this week.
I moved a broody hen to the small empty dog pen. She has 19 eggs. We will see how she does. I really don't need any more chickens, but I just could not pass up the chance for free chicks.
My ginseng is growing well so far. If it does well till fall, I will order and plant more seed. I may have a cash crop in 8-10 years.
One of my peach trees we planted in February looks to be dieing. I am not sure what is wrong. There has been enough rain. We are expecting 4-6 inches this week.
I moved a broody hen to the small empty dog pen. She has 19 eggs. We will see how she does. I really don't need any more chickens, but I just could not pass up the chance for free chicks.
My ginseng is growing well so far. If it does well till fall, I will order and plant more seed. I may have a cash crop in 8-10 years.
Illini Warrior
Illini Warrior
I moved a broody hen to the small empty dog pen. She has 19 eggs. We will see how she does. I really don't need any more chickens, but I just could not pass up the chance for free chicks.
if you've never did this before - not a bad idea to experience it and make sure you have everything prepped up ....
if you've never did this before - not a bad idea to experience it and make sure you have everything prepped up ....
I am an old hat at chicken farming. I love getting chicks. I do thank you for the reminder to be ready. I need to get some chick starter soon.
We had a 15 hour power outage after the storm last night. No real damage at our house, but there is lots around. Our neighbor got up to a huge pine tree in his in ground pool. There is a lot of small stuff down and one small dead tree out back. My water jugs that I filled after the outage not long ago really were handy. Refilled again. We are expecting more storms over the next couple days. Hopefully none will be severe.
We had a 15 hour power outage after the storm last night. No real damage at our house, but there is lots around. Our neighbor got up to a huge pine tree in his in ground pool. There is a lot of small stuff down and one small dead tree out back. My water jugs that I filled after the outage not long ago really were handy. Refilled again. We are expecting more storms over the next couple days. Hopefully none will be severe.
ivantherussian03
Veteran Member
I have been running my snowgo in the morning, but it is time to put it away. After replacing Pistons it is proper to run with extra oil in the gasoline for two to three tanks.
I started tanning my fur. This is a process. I take fur from the freezer and process. It is work like most jobs. Kinda of messy. Wife will be on me till it is done. I have five buckets going.
Wood cutting continues.
Spring will be here in a month. It will time to change gears.
Mending nets next week.
I started tanning my fur. This is a process. I take fur from the freezer and process. It is work like most jobs. Kinda of messy. Wife will be on me till it is done. I have five buckets going.
Wood cutting continues.
Spring will be here in a month. It will time to change gears.
Mending nets next week.
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Wow - 19 eggs! She's gonna be a busy Mama Hen!
What type of fur are you tanning, Ivan; and what will you do with the tanned fur when that part of the process is complete? The thought of spring coming in June.... Oh my!! Y'all would have to be a hardy bunch!
Finally got my MRI report back - nondisplaced tibial plateau fracture (yawn; been there, done that, other leg; thank you lousy cancer med), complete tear of the ACL (which is what I figured led me to fall in the first place, though all I was doing was walking across the yard), medial meniscus tear. Doc wants me off work for a month, but did agree I could go back (go back? I wasn't off work) on light duty so the tib fracture can heal; nothing said about the ACL so I will pin him down on that next Tuesday when he is back in the office. Thank goodness that it's way too wet to work in the gardens yet (sink in up to yer ankles wet), and that the neighbor kid will be out of school in another 2.5 weeks and thus available to do my digging, toting, and grandson chasing for me.
I was able to get out and plant a few flowers at least - move some peonies that were being taken over by bee balm (bee balm will grow near black walnut trees and the peony hadn't done much in that location), and transplanted some coneflower that had self seeded to another area. I have this lovely auger that attaches to a drill (though I did have to go search for my drill and found it in Hubby's tool cabinet) and about 250 feet of extension cord, so I can get to where I want to dig the holes. The boys and I will go shopping this weekend for some more herb and garden plants - I guess I'll put in another herb garden in an area where Hubby nixed me expanding the rocked parking area. Mullein has self-seeded there, so I reckon I've already got a start
I am going to put some wider rock pathways in that area at least; the ones in place aren't wide enough to be safe with crutches or a cane - gotta get this place set up for old folks!
Well, I can see the bottom of my coffee cup; guess I reckon that means I'd better start getting ready to head to work. You folks all take care out there; stay as far away from the crazies as you can!
What type of fur are you tanning, Ivan; and what will you do with the tanned fur when that part of the process is complete? The thought of spring coming in June.... Oh my!! Y'all would have to be a hardy bunch!
Finally got my MRI report back - nondisplaced tibial plateau fracture (yawn; been there, done that, other leg; thank you lousy cancer med), complete tear of the ACL (which is what I figured led me to fall in the first place, though all I was doing was walking across the yard), medial meniscus tear. Doc wants me off work for a month, but did agree I could go back (go back? I wasn't off work) on light duty so the tib fracture can heal; nothing said about the ACL so I will pin him down on that next Tuesday when he is back in the office. Thank goodness that it's way too wet to work in the gardens yet (sink in up to yer ankles wet), and that the neighbor kid will be out of school in another 2.5 weeks and thus available to do my digging, toting, and grandson chasing for me.
I was able to get out and plant a few flowers at least - move some peonies that were being taken over by bee balm (bee balm will grow near black walnut trees and the peony hadn't done much in that location), and transplanted some coneflower that had self seeded to another area. I have this lovely auger that attaches to a drill (though I did have to go search for my drill and found it in Hubby's tool cabinet) and about 250 feet of extension cord, so I can get to where I want to dig the holes. The boys and I will go shopping this weekend for some more herb and garden plants - I guess I'll put in another herb garden in an area where Hubby nixed me expanding the rocked parking area. Mullein has self-seeded there, so I reckon I've already got a start
I am going to put some wider rock pathways in that area at least; the ones in place aren't wide enough to be safe with crutches or a cane - gotta get this place set up for old folks!Well, I can see the bottom of my coffee cup; guess I reckon that means I'd better start getting ready to head to work. You folks all take care out there; stay as far away from the crazies as you can!
nomifyle
TB Fanatic
I did something this week that I've wanted to do for many years, I pressure canned, successfully. I used my 8 qt. canner and canned qt. jars of pinto beans. I did three batches, 15 qts. I learned as I went along, only issue was liquid siphoning, most jars only had a half of a jar of liquid at the end. I need to bring out my large All American canner at some point.
Besides canning I've also been dehydrating frozen vegetables, to have more space in my freezers, mostly. We got two big bags of apples in commodities, so we've dehydrated most of them. DH doesn't care for them, but they are okay to me.
We moved an 8.8 cu ft fridg from DH's shop to our mud room, it didn't kick on which made me kind of panic, but our repairman told me to leave it plugged in and that it would come on, I did and it did, yea!. Moved another fridg from an outside shed that is open on one end to DH's shop. We bought a new freezer and DH and I moved it out of the truck to boards of on the ground while he was flooring the outside shed. After he finished that we moved the new freezer onto the new floor and filled it from another chest freezer that needed to be defrosted. We have an upright freezer that was completely frozen up that we defrosted and move that (big pig) to the defrosted chest freezer. DH replaced the gasket on the upright and it didn't fit.
DH went to get more lumber to finish the outside shed floor and said he will put the old gasket back on the upright and grease it down with vaseline, hopefully that will help. We bought the new gasket last year and used the specifications from the freezer to do so, since its been so long there's now way to return it, $80 down the drain, lesson learned: don't wait so long to use something you bought incase it doesn't work.
All this shifting around took about 3 days off and on, I'm dog tired, thank God I'm retired.
Judy
Besides canning I've also been dehydrating frozen vegetables, to have more space in my freezers, mostly. We got two big bags of apples in commodities, so we've dehydrated most of them. DH doesn't care for them, but they are okay to me.
We moved an 8.8 cu ft fridg from DH's shop to our mud room, it didn't kick on which made me kind of panic, but our repairman told me to leave it plugged in and that it would come on, I did and it did, yea!. Moved another fridg from an outside shed that is open on one end to DH's shop. We bought a new freezer and DH and I moved it out of the truck to boards of on the ground while he was flooring the outside shed. After he finished that we moved the new freezer onto the new floor and filled it from another chest freezer that needed to be defrosted. We have an upright freezer that was completely frozen up that we defrosted and move that (big pig) to the defrosted chest freezer. DH replaced the gasket on the upright and it didn't fit.
DH went to get more lumber to finish the outside shed floor and said he will put the old gasket back on the upright and grease it down with vaseline, hopefully that will help. We bought the new gasket last year and used the specifications from the freezer to do so, since its been so long there's now way to return it, $80 down the drain, lesson learned: don't wait so long to use something you bought incase it doesn't work.
All this shifting around took about 3 days off and on, I'm dog tired, thank God I'm retired.
Judy
Congrats on the successful canning, Judy! Siphoning can be caused by a few things - removing the weight too soon, tipping the weight to release pressure, and cooling the canner by means other than letting it naturally cool down are probably three of the most common.
Didn't do much in the prep area today - but I did find out that the hunter safety class older grandson will have to take before he can join the 4-H Shooting Sports club will be held in October of this year; little grandson will have to wait until October 2020. - I'm not complaining - it will be good to have them in different classes, for sure! They start out with competition grade BB guns, move up to air rifles, then .22's. Shotgun and archery are also options.
Well, I guess I did pick up 2 packages of clothes pins when I popped in to Dollar General this evening. I had noticed that I had some extra room when I got into the 'laundry supply' storage tub to find some nice clean peg style clothespins to give to a co-worker who wanted to teach her grandkids the 'drop the clothespin in the milk bottle' game we used to play at school and birthday parties. Decided since I had the room, I might as well pick up a couple of packs - they were $2 for a package of 100.
Didn't do much in the prep area today - but I did find out that the hunter safety class older grandson will have to take before he can join the 4-H Shooting Sports club will be held in October of this year; little grandson will have to wait until October 2020. - I'm not complaining - it will be good to have them in different classes, for sure! They start out with competition grade BB guns, move up to air rifles, then .22's. Shotgun and archery are also options.
Well, I guess I did pick up 2 packages of clothes pins when I popped in to Dollar General this evening. I had noticed that I had some extra room when I got into the 'laundry supply' storage tub to find some nice clean peg style clothespins to give to a co-worker who wanted to teach her grandkids the 'drop the clothespin in the milk bottle' game we used to play at school and birthday parties. Decided since I had the room, I might as well pick up a couple of packs - they were $2 for a package of 100.