Coffee anyone ?

[Bruce]

They aren’t long enough.

There are ways! How is it stored?? On 2 bys on the ground or up on something like Jan said?

If you are loading it from the side you could have a long 2 by running under it fore and aft just close enough to the tractor side that the forks will catch under it. Might have to use ratchet straps to hold it to the fork frame as you lift and maneuver depending on how long the forks are and how wide the top is.

I lifted a smallish piece of deck, made with PT wood and 4x4 legs about 5' high with the forks on my tractor. It is 5' wide and 8' long. Put the forks under one end, ratchet strapped it to the fork frame and moved it from one end of the barn (outside of course) about 100' and put it down behind the little barn. Given how much weight there was a good distance from the fork frame I wasn't sure it would work, or the tractor might not be able to lift it. Unfounded fear, lifted easily and was quite stable.

It is now a cheap "run in shed" for the alpacas. It also supports one end of a slapped together "tent" for the backhoe when it is off the tractor (which is most of the time). That was necessary since the original plan of the Harbor Freight "portable garage" didn't work out.

 

[SageHill]

In from grazing the sheep, now drinking tea and snacking o a few cookies. Hey - I've got eggs and even just took some out of the freezer for a cheese cake I want to make. It'll be my first go at using eggs from the freezer, hope it works! According to all the canners out there you can freeze the eggs - either beaten up or singly. Time will tell.

 

[Bruce]

I put a number of eggs in the container that came with the immersion blender and mix them up, trying not to get them frothy, then pour into silicone muffin cups in a muffin pan. Then into the freezer. Once frozen, I pop them out and put them in freezer storage bags. Works well unless you want breakfast sunny side up, over easy or soft or hard boiled

 

[canesisters]

Coffee..... with the new calf, my morning routine LITTERALLY runs on coffee for the next couple of weeks.
3:30 alarm #1 goes off
3:35 alarm #2 goes off = dirty barn clothes over PJs - supply tote in hand - pre-tied barn boots on - hit the brewer button and head out the door
4:30 alarm #3 goes off to warn me I'm running out of time
4:45 back in the house, pour 2nd cup & start getting ready for work
5:30 pour 3rd cup and head for the car
6:30 clock in - another cup... or maybe tea
4:00 head home - separate cow & calf
6:30 milk again, store milk, clean everything & set up to do it all over again in 7hrs


BUT!!!! As of yesterday - I'm getting FRESH CREAM in that coffee

 

[Mini Horses]

BUT!!!! As of yesterday - I'm getting FRESH CREAM in that coffee

Most days that makes it ALL worthwhile! Almost

My goats can make me crazy!! But I'm not giving it up. Job, maybe. Being able to adjust work times is my ONLY salvation.

I'm envious of that cream to make butter!

 

[SageHill]

I put a number of eggs in the container that came with the immersion blender and mix them up, trying not to get them frothy, then pour into silicone muffin cups in a muffin pan. Then into the freezer. Once frozen, I pop them out and put them in freezer storage bags. Works well unless you want breakfast sunny side up, over easy or soft or hard boiled

Almost what I did. Silicone muffin "tin" - into the freezer, then vacuum sealed individually and 2 to a pack. Not blended. Cheese cake is in the oven - some of the yolks were a wee bit firm. But they processed like normal. Desert tonight should be good - it's a simple recipe and no crust either.

 

[Baymule]

@Bruce camper top is on a metal rack that isn’t big enough, so I put two 2x4’s on the rack for extra width. It’s still at sons house. I’ve been thinking how I can set it up so I can get it on and off by myself.

 

[Baymule]

Coffee is ready, on second cup. Already been outside and fed sheep. Woke up at 12:30, wind was blowing and leaves, twigs, were hitting the house. Read my Bible until 2, went back to sleep. Therapy this morning, have to be out of here soon.

 

[canesisters]

Most days that makes it ALL worthwhile! Almost

My goats can make me crazy!! But I'm not giving it up. Job, maybe. Being able to adjust work times is my ONLY salvation.

I'm envious of that cream to make butter!

I'm finding that my time is somehow much more limited this time around. Cheese is going to be out of the question for the foreseeable future.. butter once a week if I'm lucky. I'm making connections with friends who do a lot of baking to see who wants to trade jars & lids for pressure canned milk to bake with.
Now that I'm thinking about it.... I wonder how canned milk would do in cream sauces and soups...?
DANG!!! Now I've got ANOTHER thing to try and sooo little time to fool with it

 

[SageHill]

Back in for a short bit. Got the sheep all set out in the corral, Set up search areas for the detection students. All going according to plan. Last minute check of email - someone's sick thinks it's the flu, two less dogs. Then a text another has a migraine - less another two dogs. Sigh. Ah - but the bright side, I can start decorating for Christmas!
AND ..... that cheese cake I made yesterday AWESOME !! Only five ingredients - eggs, sugar, heavy cream, cream cheese, and a tiny bit of flour. No fussy crust to deal with. Super creamy inside. Light, but once you finish a small piece you're full. The eggs that I froze worked GREAT!!! I've got more for Christmas baking - because we all know the chickens go on laying vacation just in time for Christmas cookie baking sessions
Finish up my tea and then on to the remaining detection lessons.