Coffee anyone ?

[thistlebloom]

We had a big windstorm Tuesday night and yesterday -but at least it was sunny!
Steady 30 mph and gusts up to 40, so not super horrible, but it did lay a lot of trees down over lines, and some power poles came with them. Our power went out in the wee hours, the power company said that the damage was so widespread it could take a few days to get us back online. But it came back at 3 a.m..
I love those linemen and everybody who works so hard to keep our households running in a normal manner. @Ridgetop , please pass my gratitude on to your son, I know he works in CA but they all do such a hard job.
A sunny calm day today, upper 30's, which I am thankful for.
Have to go into Big Town which is the only blight on it.
Thanks for the coffee!

 

[Alaskan]

Super overcast here... again...

Made kids plow and shovel ...

Ran into town with 1 kid, forgot 2 things we were supposed to bring to town....

Sheesh...

Had lunch, now kid will go into town and do the stuff we forgot.

 

[promiseacres]

Coffee is on.
Didn't get the cages done, the meat processor called and said the 1/2 a beef was ready we'd committed to. So went after that instead. They made a few mistakes... cut the tbones up into strips but we have2 freezers full.... Which is awesome.
And so very blessed, kids can take care of all the chores now... I had to clean the oven as the brownies they made the day before overflowed the pan....Not sure what happened. I was working on supper when they were making it but something went very wrong. Anyways chores, school then speech then some friends coming over. So will do the cages this weekend I guess.

 

[Baymule]

Thanks for the coffee. That sucks on the processing. They ruined your T-bone steaks! But you have beef in the freezer now and that counts for plenty of god meals for the family. Since we raise pork, chicken and lamb, we don't generally eat a lot of beef. We buy steak when they go on sale, but that's about it. Really looking forward to the steer going to freezer camp in March!

We get our granddaughters today until Monday when we meet to take them back. So excited!

 

[Mini Horses]

That's pretty annoying, steaks cut wrong. Surprised they didn't question that....good thing it wasn't ground. . Hey, it's still good beef. Been buying beef from store for years now but, not like homegrown! Goat is more the size I need. .

I have fog this morning. First day in several that sun wasn't up bright and happy. It's out there shining so this won't last long! Gotta do a hay run in a while. Right now, coffee. Then more stretches, then the chores, which aren't bad. Need to take a bunch of feed bags to recycle at dump this weekend....a whole bunch! Wish they were paper not plastic, so I could use in the garden.

Yesterday evening I organized my pile of seeds. How nice to get that done. I had a box which was perfect to stand need packets, long and skinny, perfect width. Cut cardboard dividers and labeled -- tomatoes, peppers, greens, herbs, etc -- then sorted packages into my seed "file box". Another larger box holds that, plus a few plastic bags with the bulkier seed, like corn, beans, peas, all flowers. Now I can quickly find what it's time to start and what I have. It's all there together. . Now I can order the sweet corn I'm short on. I'd need 5 acres for all tomatoes I could plant from these I have. Apparently I have a "thing" for tomatoes! . And kales, collards and peppers aren't far behind. I need a greenhouse just for starts.

Can you tell I'm ready for Spring to get here?

 

[Alaskan]

That's pretty annoying, steaks cut wrong. Surprised they didn't question that....good thing it wasn't ground. . Hey, it's still good beef. Been buying beef from store for years now but, not like homegrown! Goat is more the size I need. .

I have fog this morning. First day in several that sun wasn't up bright and happy. It's out there shining so this won't last long! Gotta do a hay run in a while. Right now, coffee. Then more stretches, then the chores, which aren't bad. Need to take a bunch of feed bags to recycle at dump this weekend....a whole bunch! Wish they were paper not plastic, so I could use in the garden.

Yesterday evening I organized my pile of seeds. How nice to get that done. I had a box which was perfect to stand need packets, long and skinny, perfect width. Cut cardboard dividers and labeled -- tomatoes, peppers, greens, herbs, etc -- then sorted packages into my seed "file box". Another larger box holds that, plus a few plastic bags with the bulkier seed, like corn, beans, peas, all flowers. Now I can quickly find what it's time to start and what I have. It's all there together. . Now I can order the sweet corn I'm short on. I'd need 5 acres for all tomatoes I could plant from these I have. Apparently I have a "thing" for tomatoes! . And kales, collards and peppers aren't far behind. I need a greenhouse just for starts.

Can you tell I'm ready for Spring to get here?

Seeeeeeeds! Of course... you probably have growing stuff don't 'change?


BTW, kid went into town again yesterday, and only did ONE of the 2 things that had to be done.

He forgot his wallet... so couldn't do the second.

He did not go in a third time...

 

[Bruce]

Sounds like me Al. Always forget something and figure that out when I get home.

We have a 2 yard dumpster that gets dumped every other week, so we try really hard to get it filled every couple of weeks. it's $76 per month

Do they dump it twice for that $76 or is the dumping extra? If the former you are getting a heck of a deal compared to what I had given I had to pay the dump fee by weight.

 

[promiseacres]

@Bruce yes they dump it twice a month for $76 per month... can't beat the price,

Snowed off and on this afternoon. that to do list is still sitting there.. but had a nice visit with friends.

 

[promiseacres]

Coffee is on. A Friendgave us some boxes of eggos. So that's breakfast.

 

[Mini Horses]

I had a piece of sausage and a chewy granola bar with coffee. I'll be hungry before long but, fast and ready for the moment.

Today I need to run over to the dump with these feed bags. Then on to check out some straw for garden use at a nearby farm, then TSC....my day has begun. if dry enough, I hope to torch off a few spots in the garden area of stuff that died there. Don't want it to restart. Trying to finish it off.

Ahhhhh, order corn seed before it's sold out! . Short list.