Coffee anyone ?

[promiseacres]

Coffee is on.
School then get a load of hay. Not out of hay but want to get ahead. A load only lasts a little over a week. Will probably work on plaster too.
Have cage space now, the NZ will have holes when we pick them up. Just a handful of bunnies on the sales list... probably should be more.

 

[Mini Horses]

29 out there this morning!!! . Not nice, so I'm

Just not ready for the cold. Weather says back to 60s in couple days. Better temps! But hard with such extremes....animals are confused. Hey, it's that time of year and worse is yet to come. We will survive, just gripe.

With this I have no plans for today. Maybe make a meatloaf later. Been thinking about it, then it may be meatballs -- or both. . I'm hungry! Get another cuppa...may clean house. Yeah, inside job today.

 

[Baymule]

Thanks for the coffee. I woke up at 5, then 6, then finally got up at 6:30. BJ got most of the feed bags bottoms cut off, cut open and then we put them in big dog food bags. He tuckered out. Since he was so sick last February (we think it was Covid) he doesn't have any stamina. He can work outside for a couple of hours, then he's done. I dug several loads out of the hoop coop and spread them in the garden. I lopped off the jalapenos, covered with chicken compost, paper feed bags and mulch. I want to see if I can bank them and get them through the winter. I have some eggplant that I want to cover and see if they will resprout in the spring. I pulled some weeds and took to the burn pile. Today is going to be another nice day. Going back outside.

 

[promiseacres]

@Baymule it would be so nice if the eggplant resprouts! One thing about the midwest is we even think of doing that.

 

[Baymule]

It's an experiment, we'll see how it goes.

 

[promiseacres]

Coffee is on.
High in the 40s. School. And have some birthday cupcakes to make.

 

[Mini Horses]

I would think the bags would be over covering. Poop and straw...yes, prob ok. I hope it works and we'll all be awaiting results. Personally, I still want a small greenhouse fixture of some type, allowing some earlier starts. Even a large cold frame would work.
Speaking of cold frames I'm in one -- it's 29 again this morning I just want 3 seasons, skip winter! It's supposed to get about 55 but not until 3ish...at least not windy today like it was most of yesterday. They say 60s late week, temps bringing rain. Don't need that either. My best part of day yesterday was eating dinner -- I made that meatloaf.

Soon I'll bundle up -- ugh!! -- and do chores, open coops, etc. It's a pretty quick morning effort now with most done late day, while hoses are thawed, xtra hay at night, etc. I'll walk some fields today to see what scrub is out there and I plan to move a couple pallets to get a round bale out there for the mares, under a big carport. Need to finish the hay bin in the goat barn. Started it, then stopped as some work came up, which I took last week, now home time again so really need to finish it this week. I'll be able to load up to a couple days at a time worth. We will all be happy with that! They can eat 24/7 and I can reload without a time crunch.

Looking at goats yesterday I thought some were really getting full belied, then it hit me, it is December! Where'd this year go??? Yeah, another month or so and kidding might start. It's been strange here lately, many situations have distracted my attention. I need to focus!

 

[Baymule]

Thanks for the coffee. Another sunny beautiful day. Tomorrow 80% chance of rain. Going to work in the feed and tack room today.

 

[Bruce]

What is "sunny"?
We MIGHT (but probably won't) make freezing today. Expecting 2" of snow over the next 12 hours.

 

[Larsen Poultry Ranch]

I'm sorry you guys are dealing with very cold temps and that white stuff falling from the sky. It's been in the 60s daytime and down into the 40s at night here, hasn't gone to freezing/frost temps except once in mid November. Still no rain. I think the weather might turn in a week or so, hopefully after I have the critters and plants situated to deal with the weather.