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Baymule
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The best food is what you raise yourself and preserve to eat later.
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Mike CHS
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Our pickles are a fast process that isn't USDA approved but we can process fairly small amounts at a time but this year there should be plenty.
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Mike CHS
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This is one of those Facebook Memory posts that come up but I really like it and had forgotten all about it. This is Mel and I a year ago. That boy will sit there and stare into your soul as long as you are willing to stand there.
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Baymule
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Give that boy a hug from me!
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The feral cat and her kittens have evidently decided that regular food was worth hanging around for. I have been putting food down on the porch of my shop which has woods right across the drive so they have a safe place to run to. A couple of days ago they didn't touch any of the food so I thought the cat may have moved on with her kittens and then I later saw her in the next field over which is a mistake because that is where Maisy is.
I went ahead and kept food out and the next day saw that they had eaten their fill and were staying under shelves. I keep the tractor and the mower under the roof there so there is a fair amount of activity that they seem to be getting used to. They will still run when I go down there to get something but they don't go far and not for long so hopefully I can catch them to take them in to get fixed.
I went ahead and kept food out and the next day saw that they had eaten their fill and were staying under shelves. I keep the tractor and the mower under the roof there so there is a fair amount of activity that they seem to be getting used to. They will still run when I go down there to get something but they don't go far and not for long so hopefully I can catch them to take them in to get fixed.
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Bruce
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At least you have pussy cats and not wood pussies!!! I saw one of them between the barns this morning chomping on a dead bird. I hope they don't get the idea that my chickens are future dinners for them.
HomeOnTheRange
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Great pictures of the cats @Mike CHS. My feral cat became a house cat (out during the day and inside when I was home at night). She lived to be about 21 years old. I never had a mouse problem during that time and did not know I had so many lizards until she was gone.
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Mike CHS
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It looks like we may get the bulk of our canning finished fairly early this season. The small pickling cucumbers are producing fruit about as fast as we can pick it. We have a dozen quarts of sliced pickles and spears and we have enough small cucumbers to probably do 8 or 9 quarts of whole dills.
The tomato crop is one of the best we have had and we should be picking ripe tomatoes in the next couple of weeks. Something got a few of the okra plants but we had replacements left over from when we first planted and they should be bearing soon also. We go through several gallon vacuum seal bags every year and we already down to 3 bags full so we can start replacing them pretty soon also.
The tomato crop is one of the best we have had and we should be picking ripe tomatoes in the next couple of weeks. Something got a few of the okra plants but we had replacements left over from when we first planted and they should be bearing soon also. We go through several gallon vacuum seal bags every year and we already down to 3 bags full so we can start replacing them pretty soon also.
