Latestarter's ramblings/musings/gripes and grumbles.

[TAH]

Congrats on the buck! He's handsome.

Oh, my gosh, it is colder in Texas than in Alaska where we are! I just went outside and it is 45.... But we did already get snow (melted now).

Btw- go ahead and put CB in a box as she has a very long trip to make.... She's coming to me.

 

[Latestarter]

Thanks all, Yes H&R, I kept CM specifically to be RJ's pen buddy. @TAH <--- CB isn't going ANYwhere! She's such a friendly little girl and I expect some really nice kids out of her when the time comes. But I completely agree with your Actually, her and CC both are really friendly goats, more like puppy dogs.

 

[TAH]

Thanks all, Yes H&R, I kept CM specifically to be RJ's pen buddy. @TAH <--- CB isn't going ANYwhere! She's such a friendly little girl and I expect some really nice kids out of her when the time comes. But I completely agree with your Actually, her and CC both are really friendly goats, more like puppy dogs.

LOL, they are so cute..... I bet they will. Especially with that buck you got there.

 

[greybeard]

Congrats on the buck! He's handsome.

Oh, my gosh, it is colder in Texas than in Alaska where we are! I just went outside and it is 45.... But we did already get snow (melted now).

40 miles North of Houston...
Pretty nippy this morning and most of the night after the clouds left. 34 when I got up and the wind has been steady out of the N about 10mph gusts to 15.
The sun feels good, but no clouds means it going to make it cooler tonight

 

[Baymule]

My volunteer squash plants bit the dust last night, I picked what I could yesterday. Think I'll make some zucchini (cross bred-yellow spotted) bread.

I like the name Crème Brulee......I like Crème Brulee, it's delicious. You have the goat cream, now you need chickens and you'll be making Crème Brulee!

 

[farmerjan]

We got a good frost Thursday night, down to 32 and white in the morning. Had 2 light frosts before that but not much damage. This one got anything tender although the grass still looks pretty good. Was in the upper 60's today, some clouds late and now finally getting some rain. It looks to be staying more west of us though, sure wish it would wander about 50 miles to the east as it heads north so we get a good soaking. We are forecast for about an inch but unless it heads a bit east, we may not get as much as we want. It is pretty dry for this time of year, we usually get more rain in Sept and we didn't get any of it. The spring is running a bit since we got that 8/10ths on Monday night, but we really need a good 24 hour soaking rain to get things in better shape. Guess I should be quiet though, they are planning to come and chop the grain sorghum and put it in a silo bag on tuesday, so better that it isn't too wet. Then it can rain for a couple of days. Will take the better part of the day to do 10+ acres and get it bagged. That's like money in the bank for winter feed though.

 

[babsbag]

Nice looking buck, hope he serves you well.

 

[Latestarter]

So I relearned the hard way that it's not a good idea to fire up a wood stove after the outside temp is already below freezing. Soon as I opened the door, I could feel the cold air rushing out as it came screaming down the chimney into the wood stove. I figured if I could get it burning good fast enough I'd be OK... nope, smoke rolling out so had to close the doors which smothered the fire which led to more smoke... So finally said to heck with it and opened the door to allow the fire to really light, then closed it back down. So wood stove going and windows and doors opened to let in that fresh cold air. Still smells like smoke in here, several hours later.

 

[Baymule]

Was it real windy too? Nothing like the house smelling like a campfire. Break out the marshmallows!

 

[TAH]

So I relearned the hard way that it's not a good idea to fire up a wood stove after the outside temp is already below freezing. Soon as I opened the door, I could feel the cold air rushing out as it came screaming down the chimney into the wood stove. I figured if I could get it burning good fast enough I'd be OK... nope, smoke rolling out so had to close the doors which smothered the fire which led to more smoke... So finally said to heck with it and opened the door to allow the fire to really light, then closed it back down. So wood stove going and windows and doors opened to let in that fresh cold air. Still smells like smoke in here, several hours later.

My dad does this all the time.... Except I wish he would learn his lesson.

Except I still remember when us kids were little my older sister was watching us while mom and dad ran to the bank.... Anyway it was cold and we didn't know how to. Start a fire so we got a ton of candle and made hotchocolate..... Along with roasting marshmallows about the candles... You could imagine dad's face when he got home.