Author Archives: StoneFace
week of 11/09/2014 thru 11/15/2014
Stayed home to start digging post holes for the new buck pen (for Rascal). Actually had to straighten some existing posts that were solid but leaning. The ground in this spot is about 3 inches of good dirt followed by … Continue reading
Week of 11/02/2014 thru 11/08/2014
We took all of the cabbage to church and gave it away. Came back home with only 4 heads, not sure what we took in to start with. The small ones and the leaves/trimmings went to the goats for a … Continue reading
Week of 10/26/2014 thru 11/01/2014
Yeah, it’s been a busy month. So to keep things reasonably short, there will now be 4 weekly event and egg count summaries. Here we go – I don’t remember much about this week, probably thinking I need to get … Continue reading
Breaking habits
They say it only takes 2 weeks to break a habit. That is true for good habits as well as bad. I have to get back to the schedule of updating this blog every week. There is not that much … Continue reading
Part 2 There and back again
The trip seen through the splattered bug guts on the windshield.
Part 1 A journey of 1000 miles
begins really late on a saturday afternoon after all of the chores are done. I think I will write this catch up post in two parts since I have 4 weeks of egg stats to post and there is a … Continue reading
Just the stats
Building the duck house, and culling chickens, and cleaning up the tree limbs after the microburst takes a whole lot longer than I thought it would. So just the stats for this past week. For the week of 9/14/2014 thru … Continue reading
Too busy, so two weeks in one post
Last week I was expecting my parents to arrive on Sunday. They got here on Saturday afternoon. I am glad we had more time to catch up on what they’ve been up to for the past month. However, having company … Continue reading
Where has the summer gone?
Many thing mark the end of summer for me, the start of school, the harvest of wheat or potatoes, the start of the state fair.
Late again, what can I say? Here’s the stats.
First the Egg count for the week of 8/17/2014 thru 8/23/2014 Collected – 54 Sold – 0 Cartons filled – 4 First off even though the cooler weather has made the chickens lazy, I still have way too many eggs … Continue reading