Coffee anyone ?

[Cecilia's-herd]

How has everyone been? I've been sticking to SS recently and thought i should check in!

 

[Baymule]

How has everyone been? I've been sticking to SS recently and thought i should check in!

Come hang out here for awhile!

 

[farmerjan]

Freezer

Agree... except I had to take bread out of the freezers to get all the beef in.... with the chickens and the pork and the vegetables still in there, and some of the ice cream that I got for 2.49 1/2 gallon... yep, true half gallons... and the seafood that I had been picking up when I could get some on sale.... I had to take some bread out. I do put the heels and any that is getting a little old in the freezer until I have enough for bread pudding....but with no stove for making it, I am just packed to the gills....

 

[Mini Horses]

Rains are gone. Basically...may get a sprinkle here or there in the area but, only that. It rained in waves yesterday. Had stopped when I got home. Checked all and did feed chores. No water top off needed! Later, getting out to close coops, boots on, step out and heard the rain on the barn roofs....hard! Here came a wall of it. About an hour later, waded out and closed up. Haven't been out yet but I'm certain we got at least 2-3" overall. It's overcast but only 65 now. Probably be upper 70s later. Nice change from earlier in week. Expect the cooling for weekend.

Back at work today & tomorrow -- can't do much here with all the wetness. Just enjoying my coffee and contemplating the wade thru wet grasses!

 

[Mini Horses]

Seeing the flooding in NY & NJ on news right now! Wow.....and tornados. We have any members in that area? Subways in NYC flooded! Airports flooded!

Makes my rain like a mere sprinkle.

 

[farmerjan]

We got less rain than you did @Mini Horses .... very thankful for it though. 2 small tornadoes in the Radford Va area yesterday... and there was some local flooding in the "normal flood prone" areas, but for the most part we got by with nothing much but a good soaking. My sister is in Ct about 1 -2 hours inland from the coast... haven't heard anything from the text I sent. They are WAAAAAY up on a high hill, so she won't get flooding there, but the roads around do.... she works in an insurance agency.....going to be a nightmare after this.

COOL morning... down to 55... BRRRR... called for a cup of hot cocoa... hey, y'all drink coffee all the time... so why not.

 

[Baymule]

I saw that about flooding in New York. Crazy.

We are going to pick up our granddaughters tomorrow for the weekend. DD and DSIL need some time without kids to get things unpacked. We will meet again on Labor Day to take them back. Looking at the map, maybe meeting in Brenham as the halfway place.
Yesterday was the youngest's birthday, gotta go find her a birthday present today.

Got all but one of the pig orders delivered yesterday. So have the smallest pig in the freezer on the porch. We might be able to deliver the half this weekend.

Would y'all believe I got NO FAT? I had to meter their feed because two of them were way too big, so they were all meat. I'll now have to scrimp on using the lard I have. Phooey.

 

[farmerjan]

Never had a hog too big..... I've killed 600 lb sows... the ham steaks got cut in half because of the size... but I never thought a hog was too big....
Sorry on the no fat though.... You should've asked the butcher if he had any fat from other hogs that other people don't take. Our guy says that there are some that don't take the fat and he has people asking so he can spread it around...
He also keeps extra beef fat if people don't take it and uses it when they grind deer burger since it is so lean...
My jersey didn't have any extra fat.... but sometimes I get back the fat to render down for suet....

Sister just texted me back, said they got about 4-5 inches and no real problems in her area. They have had a wet year so really didn't need it. At least no disasters where she is.

 

[Baymule]

Selling to other people who only know buying standard-everything-the-same pork or other meats from the store, I try to not let the pigs get oversized. Myself-I don't care. I generally have to educate people on the whole process. Like WAITING for an animal to actually GROW and the slaughter process. They just have no idea. I'll be talking to my customers soon about next year. The half hog buyers may want a whole hog. I need to know way in advance for all the reasons that you already know.

Since the facility we use is USDA, I can't get fat from other animals not my own.

 

[Bruce]

but with no stove for making it, I am just packed to the gills....

It should be connected soon though, right?