Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Mike CHS]

We got signed up today for the Tennessee Master Small Ruminant Producers Certification Course at UT next month. It is supposed to be a good seminar plus if we ever get to the point that we want to use the TN Agriculture Enhancement Program, it's required.

 

[RollingAcres]

Sounds like a good seminar

 

[RollingAcres]

We keep some of the dried ones on hand also. I like the larger ones but don't care for the taste of the small ones. I've made soup using them but blanch the small ones to lighten up the taste a bit. I'm getting lazy as I age and anymore I'll use Fish Sauce instead.

My parents used the small ones in veggie stir-fry to add more flavor.
There's this spicy dish called "Sambal Ikan Bilis", which is Sambal Anchovies...oh so good! You fried the anchovies until crispy. Then cooked them up with some onions and sambal. Ok now I want some...

 

[Pastor Dave]

I like to open a can of salmon/mackerel and make patties

 

[farmerjan]

Sounds like a good course. You get to interact with others, maybe meet someone new, and if you only learn one thing, it is worth it. Besides, it's like a day "off" and out of the "same ole' same ole' " routine. Have fun.

 

[CntryBoy777]

It does sound interesting and could open up some new ideas to add to your marketing techniques without having to rely on the "trial and error" method.....

 

[greybeard]

I like to open a can of salmon/mackerel and make patties

A can of salmon used to be relatively inexpensive and we had it often as I was growing up. Now, a can of salmon is pretty high and the cheaper by 1/2 mackerel has taken it's place for patties.
I haven't had either fixed that way in a long time tho.

 

[Pastor Dave]

Myself and the wife can do a meal with a couple patties left over. The boys don't like fish much. I usually go with mackerel unless the salmon is on sale.

 

[Mike CHS]

Tomorrow is going to be a full day. We are getting delivery of our winter hay about 7:30 in the morning. We have pallets in the area and tarps to cover the round bales plus we have what we need in square bales already stored. We have about half the alfalfa we need for lambing but will pick up the remainder of what we need when they bale in a couple of weeks. We need to work the 13 ewe lambs tomorrow to check for parasites and do hooves (plus 3 need shots). One might be a cull depending on her weight. They are in a paddock about 500' from the handling area so we will put up netting to make a lane between the two. The male sheep are in the paddock but they will go to the jail pen in the morning so we can move the ewe lambs. They are getting used to being around me but they haven't been out of their paddock and moved to another so Lance is on Standby. He hasn't worked any flighty sheep in awhile and these girls are flighty so he might get a workout. They will be ready to breed starting in late September.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Yep, sounds like a full slate to me.....I know that Prof Lance will be sitting on Ready just waiting for the opportunity....don't forget to stretch that shoulder in the morning.....