Coffee anyone ?

[Baymule]

At least you don't have to worry about living in mud.

No, but the pig pen is getting sloppy and it smells. The pigs have a potty corner and normally it’s hard to even catch a whiff of odor. Now it positively stinks. The Cornish Cross chickens stink. The front part of the sheep barn that’s not under roof is squishy with wet hay and sheep poop, it stinks. And the Flies! The horrible FLIES! My animals almost NEVER stink! But they sure are stinkers now. At least the horses don’t stink.

 

[Baymule]

@River Buffaloes im sorry that you have a bad cough. With all the spices you have available I’m betting that some hot herbal teas would help. I love to grate fresh ginger and garlic into chicken broth when I have a sore throat. I hope you feel better soon.

Does Elderberry grow in India? I use it for flu and cold virus. It’s also a good preventative if taken daily. I make a syrup from the berries after simmering them with ginger and straining the seeds out. Then I mix in honey.

 

[Bruce]

Cold and rainy here..... again....

It could be SNOW!

 

[Alaskan]

It could be SNOW!

Bad words!

 

[promiseacres]

Coffee is on!
Got the last bit of hay moved... around 60 bales. There's still around 10 broken/too loose bales to move... was going to go over this morning but I did something to my hip yesterday loading. Will be taking Aleve again so I better get something in my stomach. Hurts dreadfully to bend over. I've iced several times. I already checked a friend is available for baling tomorrow thankfully! Spotty rain showers north of here, there was no rain in the forecast, hopefully it doesn't get rained on. We won't have time to bale until tomorrow. Should be a fairly easy day, DH will be with when we pick up feed. He did suggest I plant potatoes this morning... we'll see I do have 3 helpers. I might make his rhubarb pie too or instead. Not sure.

 

[Mini Horses]

Ahhh yes...those rascally sore backs. Often just a wrong little twist when lifting that turns into real pain the next day. Aleve and some local aspercreme usually makes me able to move enough to try and stretch it out. Hope it eases up for you, PA.

Giving myself a day at home...well, after feed store run. Have a short list of things to do here, before I explore the garden considerations...till, plant, possible mulches, etc. Need to give that garden some time to have it growing. Better get diesel for tractor while I'm out...will need to switch out disc with hog to cut a field...probably a tomorrow job. the junk I'm cutting will dry well with our weather now....so do it!

Need to walk and check fences for field I want to use for the goat kid weaning...those little rascals are diligent about escape! Pretty much all still set from last bunch...I think. Hmmmm, better get the water tubs, feed troughs, hay, all ready. Gonna be a busy time. Will have to start to milk then, too. This sure creates a lot of work. Maybe I need to cut back numbers???

My favorite doe is begging me to milk her. Probably because I feed her while taking the milk. Her kids just butt her! What a choice.

 

[Baymule]

@Mini Horses cant you separate the kids at night, milk in the mornings, like a cow and calf? Then if you can’t or don’t want to milk for some reason, you don’t have to.

@promiseacres im sorry about the sore back. You’d better take care of that, that’s an injury that can haunt you for life. I use Arnicare and Theraworx. Theraworx is instant relief from muscle cramps. Arnicare is for muscle soreness and pain, lasts 4 hours.

Thanks for the coffee. We need to butcher chickens, but rain is supposed to move in around noon. Tomorrow looks like the best day. Probable rain all week except Thursday. It’s ok for small outdoor things, just stop until rain is over. Kinda hard to run for cover leaving a couple of dead chickens on the table that are half plucked. Eh.

Maybe today we’ll go pick blackberries.

 

[Jesusfreak101]

raining day equals homemade playdough.

 

[Mini Horses]

And you, Bay, are explaining how to milk??? You who won't milk your sheep, to me who does milk goats?? Yeah, I know the drill...and you have learned enough to milk your sheep!!! Here's my hint...I pull the boys, leave the girls and they help milk, plus grow a little more. Only have one with twin boys ready to wean...one more next month. Everyone else has a doeling to stay on them and help me out. Lucky me.


So doing errands this morn I made a huge acknowledgement. I am not safe to drive this time of year!!! Yep...looking for patches of elder...eyes off road, unexpected slow downs, stops, turns....I Tell ya, I need a driver! Then a way to remember new spots to check out for access, terrain, place to stop and park. What a job. But between my own growing patches and others within a couple miles, I could supply several of us! It's rampant around here. Last year several places were picked, obviously, first time I've seen that. Guess those pickers found out about the flu.

ETA.....watch your receipts...at TSC I grabbed 2 bags of feed, $12.79 on sign....same feed was $10.99 Dec 1....anyhow, paid, loaded truck and checked my receipt. It had scanned at $14.69!!!!! Dontcha know I went right back inside for a refund. We need to watch out for ourselves because the computers don't.

 

[Baymule]

I’m real good at giving out milking advice don’t’cha know! Hahaha

@Jesusfreak101 i used to make play dough with my kids. What fun! Your kids are having a ball.