Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Baymule]

Yay for 'not so hot' fronts! We're going to get that one too @Baymule! I'm so excited!

Me too! We have SO much to do this winter season! BJ is having cataract surgery November 18, the other eye December 2. Hopefully we can cram a lot in this month, cause he sure won’t be “farming” for awhile after surgery.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

BJ is having cataract surgery November 18, the other eye December 2. Hopefully we can cram a lot in this month, cause he sure won’t be “farming” for awhile after surgery.

Oh boy - I know all about eye surgeries. Hope he has a quick non-eventful recovery!

 

[Mike CHS]

We brought the ram lambs up to check on them and pull fecals. If the three of them are as high as they were the last time, all three of them are going to the butcher rather than worm them again. They are all a bit over 120 pounds so that will be a good amount of meat. The wether with them has been almost zero so he can stay to keep Princess company when the other ewes go to the sale in a couple of weeks.

I never thought about it but I wish I had taken a video of them going to the chute. I opened all of the gates at the handling area including the chute and went down to open the gate to let them into the paddock. By the time I walked back to the shop they were all in the chute waiting to be worked on.

 

[misfitmorgan]

I like okra almost every way it can be fixed...I grew up on it and never get tired of it....must be a southern "thang"....cause Joyce only eats it fried.....whata ya expect from a Michigander..........

I am behind.....however.....I take offense to this Sir!!! As a born and bred michigander I like okra....fried, deep fried, in soups, and esp pickled!! I don't even buy pickled okra anymore because i eat the whole jar as soon as i open it and it aint cheap. I'm hoping to grow Okra in the garden next year so I an pickled my own.

Also with the pickles making not per recommended....we have several versions of pickles we make and one is the same as yours @Mike CHS and @Baymule no boiling/bathing/cooking and also fridge dills which you don't heat at all not even the brine.

 

[Bruce]

By the time I walked back to the shop they were all in the chute waiting to be worked on.

So nice when they are helpful!

 

[Mike CHS]

II'm hoping to grow Okra in the garden next year so I an pickled my own.

We have a longer growing season than you but even here I pre-sprout the okra seed and it gives it a big head start on the season. We were picking okra about 45 days after planting the sprouted seed.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Since "cold" is measured by hrs here.......we use pvc frames and plastic to cover for cold and pull up the plastic after it warms....we roll it and tie it down....we have til the bugs arrive in spring....cause either the bugs or sun will take the plant out......I can't count how many squash have been beautiful 1 day and lying on the ground by morning.....we have those 3" grasshoppers here and they can devour some plants real quick.....
Well @misfitmorgan .....I'm proud to say that I know the "exception" to such a "bold statement"..........

 

[HomeOnTheRange]

don't think we got even that much at our house as the one time it rained I think there might have been a couple of drops in the rain gauge.

In our great State, we call that a 6" rain. Just enough rain for each drop to land 6 inches apart.

I can't count how many squash have been beautiful 1 day and lying on the ground by morning

I have about 20 squash plants which get watered twice a day due to the heat and dry weather. Plus I spend a huge amount of time going over each one with a small shop vac to get all of the bugs.

 

[Baymule]

Yeah, you should have gotten a picture of that! You have some well trained sheep! LOL

Ringo has learned to run to the front where there are about 10 smallish wild persimmon trees. It's every sheep for him/herself! They hoover the persimmons up like vacuum cleaners.

 

[Mike CHS]

Yeah, you should have gotten a picture of that! You have some well trained sheep! LOL

Ringo has learned to run to the front where there are about 10 smallish wild persimmon trees. It's every sheep for him/herself! They hoover the persimmons up like vacuum cleaners.

The ewes are training Max pretty good. I go to open gates and let them on fresher grass and they come running and he follows. He just follows along like a well trained male should.