Coffee anyone ?

[Mini Horses]

Lunch time here. I deserve a break but, while in I've got the dishwasher going and another load of laundry. Upper 60s now and brisk winds, good drying on lines day! Need to mow the yard....probably a tomorrow thing. Geesh, being out there you see "more to do" stuff. Back to my multi tasking!

 

[Baymule]

One of my customers asked for more jars of sliced jalapeños. I told them how DH and I made a lot of jalapeño poppers, baked them 15 minutes, let them cool, vacuum sealed and froze them.

So yesterday I went to the garden to check jalapeños. I picked 280! I had help from Sentry.

I sent a picture to my customer. They wanted canned jalapeños, I reminded them of pre-making the poppers. She went right down to Walmart and bought a food saver. They wanted 5 dozen fresh jalapeños to make poppers.

I got 7 quarts of sliced jalapeños and counted out 6 dozen fresh jalapeños, tossed in a free dozen. They were delighted. I have gotten over 800 jalapeños from 6 plants.

I worked my little tail off yesterday, got 4 loads of clothes washed, dried and put away. I got those jalapenos sliced, packed in jars and canned, I think the fastest I've ever done. She wanted them immediately because she was going on a business trip and wanted to get the poppers done before she left.

I still have those last 4 chickens to do out of the first batch, maybe today. I want them in the freezer!

 

[promiseacres]

I made poppers a couple of weeks ago, used the mild peppers and even the girls ate them. I froze a bunch of jalapeños Thursday. Just whole so I can make more poppers later. Just a cookie sheets worth, I just have 2 plants.
Still no frost, so if stops raining may check and see what's left of the peppers and tomatoes. Maybe I will get the bucket of tomatoes we picked last week made into sauce.
Yesterday we got the farm mowed and worked a bit in the house. DH isnt feeling the best, needs to rest up for another week of fixing the combines and tractors. Did sell a bunny last night, one less for the cull buyer tomorrow. Was finally able to separate the youngest VL litter.

 

[Mini Horses]

When I had garden going, I had one jalapeno. It was one slot of a six pack of sweet peppers. Hmmmm. Didnt know until plants began producing and there it was. I have to say, production was way, way more than sweets! That little plant was like it was in high gear. Next year I may actually plan to plant a couple.

This morning is going slow. It's a crisp 55 out there....mid 60 inside. Brrrr. Was sunny an now light overcast...low 70s coming, they say.

I walked the fields I burned last week. As hoped, the seed was rained into bare ground and things are sprouting!! The fields are closed off from animals and if weather stays stable as now, should get some root base going. Current growth is helping shelter new stuff. I will add more seed just before the next rain coming. Winter wheat -- it grows in the cool temps. Things still growing in other fields so not haying yet. Checked out the carport area I had those bucklings clearing last month and can say "great job!!". I will dig out some vine root, add fence & tarps onto sides and can get at least 12 rolls in there. I'll need to go get some pallets for setting them onto. Prefer squares for feeding and may go that route still -- looking at both cost and handling. Will use some of each...I have other hay storage.

With this I'm looking at adding a hay feeder on my side of the goat barn. It's a big building with goats having half on their pasture side and I have half on my side for equipment drive in. The divider is like a 4 rail fence, all 2x6 boards. Big 6x6 posts as it's the mid line of an a-frame bldg. So I'm going to add hay holder rack on my side and they can eat from their side, between boards. . I can have the hay stored in center of my side and still plenty of room for equipment to right and left. Presto! Inside feeding, no rushing by animals and can be 32 foot long! Why didn't I do this years ago?? . I've always just thrown it in. This will save some waste.

I bet a lot of us could reconsider use and adapting what we already have.

 

[farmerjan]

@Mini Horses sounds like a real good idea for the goats and alot less waste of hay too. Seems like the goats tend to waste more than the cows when they pull it out to eat. Unless the cows poop on it or it is real muddy they will pick through it better. Sometimes it just takes something to set off a light bulb in your head as to what you can do to make things work a little better. Smart thinking.

 

[promiseacres]

Coffee is on.
36° F this morning high is 60°. We covered a couple of plants but we'll see. A warm up/Indian summer for the rest of the week.
We got more tomatoes and peppers picked. Started making sauce. DH seems excited about making ketchup and BBQ sauce. He helped. Got started on winterizing the pool. Oh and a yummy supper of stuffed peppers and zucchini and yellow squash.
Got a 4H livestock meeting tonight. Hopefully DH gets off in time.

 

[Baymule]

Good morning! Thanks for the coffee PA. It sure is good this morning. I got the last 4 chickens done yesterday. BJ felt good enough to help pick them. I got them packaged up and we delivered the 10 chickens to my hay guy's wife, Neighbor Mary. She was thrilled and excited, they have had my chicken before and declare it the best they've ever had. The original deal was that I would buy Russell 6 chicks for him to raise and help him slaughter them. Then we bought the steer from him, but couldn't take delivery until the pigs went to slaughter. He proposed that I keep the 6 chicks, raise them, in exchange for him keeping the steer on feed until delivery. I liked that deal so much that I upped it to 10 chickens, and him coming over to help with slaughter. The ONE weekend that I planned for slaughter, he was in the hay field. Oh well, I got them done and delivered. Now I have 29 left, but can wait until after BJ's surgery, as they are 2 weeks younger than the first batch.

 

[Bruce]

I bet those chickens didn't eat near as much feed as the steer!

 

[Baymule]

I bet those chickens didn't eat near as much feed as the steer!

That's what I'm talking about! I sure jumped on that deal!

 

[Baymule]

Coffee is ready! I'm relaxing this morning. Tomorrow morning we have to be at the hospital office for pre registration at 7:30 AM. Let the crazy begin.