Coffee anyone ?

[Mini Horses]

102 today....actual!! We've runabout 15 degr above normal 18 out of 21 days this month with NO rain. 3rd day 100+ and add index, we've been 105-110. Some rumbles & clouds while I was watering garden tonight....then a couple sprinkles. Not even enough to "settle the dust". Only 83 now @10PM.

You TX people can sure relate. YES, I'd like some of your rain...some. Apr/May we had a lot of rain. I know you can't do much out there because it is just stiffling. FL gets these temps, too. You go out enthused and within 5 min, you're like a limp dishrag! Slow speed.

Well, got all tubs dumped -- what was left in them -- refilled with cool water for the evening. Chickens are standing in the shallow pans of water that I leave out for them. It cools them. Cats finally came out from under the trailers this evening.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Well, I tell ya @Mini Horses , I went out to cut the neighbor's grass on the rider about 11:30....we missed out on any rain overnite, so no instant humidity to deal with this mornin' and had a light breeze...I was trying to beat any afternoon showers that might come thru and Joyce was due home in the afternoon...got it done and pulled into the carport an hour later....realfeel of 104 and I was sweatin' like a mule....20 mins later rain was coming down in sheets and branches were raining down from the trees....Joyce arrived about 45 mins later....ya should've seen Gabbie pinging off the walls....just couldn't contain herself....

 

[promiseacres]

Coffee and chocolate zucchini bread.
Hoping it doesn't rain, have 7 bunnies to butcher. Kids don't want me to do the 7th...brood doe VL with a name... bred to keep her sire's line going. Her daughters look good to do that. So gotta do somethingwith her. And I kind of want to see how a VL butchers out. It's that or donate her to the wildlife rescue or get $1.50/# from the dog food buyer who may not cull her. Fun decisions.

 

[Baymule]

Thanks for the coffee. Not canning dog food today. DH made appointment to get nerf bars put on his truck. I bought them from a neighbor for $40, the ones on his truck had the pads broke off and the metal is slippery. Plus he’s getting the oil changed, so we got to drop off truck, then go to store. We went to Sams Club yesterday after I came out of the garden and bought, amongst other things, 4 chuck roasts. I’ve been wanting beef. So gonna load it up with taters, onions and carrots and we’ll have toast tonight. The table is covered with ripe tomatoes, I’ll freeze them, don’t have time right now to process. Need to make more salsa, we killed a pint of it last night. We got a rain shower last night, it cooled the heat off. Y’all have a great day!

 

[Mini Horses]

bought, amongst other things, 4 chuck roasts. I’ve been wanting beef.

Had to tell me, right? I keep looking but won't pay their price. I have beef just want the slow cook with veggies you only get from a good roast. When they go on sale -- I'll buy. Did get a couple London Broils at $3.99# last week. The roasts were "down" to 5.99 #.

FINALLY got a haircut appt for 11 this morning. Then a couple hrs work at a nearby store. Should be cooled to about 80 when I get home. Yep, re fill tubs, & water garden....it's getting to be a habit now.

chocolate zucchini bread.

Will you share a recipe? Love chocolate, have plenty of zuks to use up! I'd be having that with my coffee right now.

 

[promiseacres]

Chocolate Zucchini Bread

This rich chocolate zucchini bread is moist, fudgy, and made with a double dose of chocolate for a delicious way to use up your zucchini harvest.

www.allrecipes.com

I skipped adding the chocolate chips. Kid's still liked it.
Bunnies are done. Will let them rest overnight then maybe I will grind more tomorrow. I weighed them all for a live weight and will weigh for a carcass weight. Kid's all did help a bit, spraying things off, bringing the bunnies. I did the vl first. I should really learn to tan hides...the rex fur is amazing.

 

[Larsen Poultry Ranch]

Chocolate Zucchini Bread

This rich chocolate zucchini bread is moist, fudgy, and made with a double dose of chocolate for a delicious way to use up your zucchini harvest.

www.allrecipes.com

I skipped adding the chocolate chips. Kid's still liked it.
Bunnies are done. Will let them rest overnight then maybe I will grind more tomorrow. I weighed them all for a live weight and will weigh for a carcass weight. Kid's all did help a bit, spraying things off, bringing the bunnies. I did the vl first. I should really learn to tan hides...the rex fur is amazing.

You can save the pelt in a Ziploc bag in the freezer till you are ready to learn. Store it skin side together, it should keep for a good while frozen.

I have quite a few bags of pelts in our freezer. Fiance is starting to complain they are taking too much room.

 

[farmerjan]

That is why I wanted to raise Rex Rabbits.... for the pelts.... I don't know if I could kill them though. I am a wimp when it comes to rabbits.

 

[Baymule]

The nerf bars/running boards we got from the neighbor were for a F150. BJ's truck is a F250. But the place we took the truck to had a pair for a F250 that were really nice and they installed them. They kept the ones for a F150 and said he had a truck they would fit. We are happy, he is happy, I love small town living!

@Mini Horses i cooked that roast today, it was so good. We got them for $3.68 a pound. It's been so long since i bought beef, I don't know if that is a good price or not. Didn't care, I wanted BEEF!

 

[farmerjan]

Yep, there is something to the small town, LOCAL folks that can't be beat.

That was a pretty decent price per pound for the roast. I'd get a few more if they were available as I just don't think that it is going to be that available in the future...at a reasonable price.

And with some rumblings I hear, if things go sideways this fall, and the "progressives get in" with their insane financial policies, we are going to see inflation that we have never seen before and that will rival some of what went through Venezuela... and money will become useless...

Get yourselves very well prepared.... keep a low profile, and PRAY we don't see what I am very afraid may come to pass.

And understand that I AM NOT ONE OF THESE "The sky is falling type of people". But I am getting very concerned for our future survival.