So.. what have I missed?
It has been amazing what I've gotten accomplished over the last month. I had a stack of books in the 'I'll read these as soon as I get time' pile. And when I hit the bottom of that pile I had to go get some new books. It's been years since I've had several going at one time. Good for the brain, I think.
I also learned how to make pasta from scratch. That was an adventure.
If you love the taste of tomatoes, add some white tomato puree to the pasta and enjoy with a nice, rich tomato sauce, mmmm. And have you heard of congee (sp?), another discovery in November. It's a thin rice soup that is eaten for breakfast. It' looks pretty icky but is SOOOO good.
I also tore up the spare room (guest room no more) and have turned it into a work room. All ready to start seeds LOL.
Out in the garden I raked most of the back yard and piled the leaves on Mt. Rotmore II. Then decided that I should burn the leaves.. You wanna guess what happens when you light off a GIANT pile of leaves that is piled on a very large pile of sawdust/chicken poo??? It smokes and smolders for DAYS and you lose most of your compost because it is now ash.
Once that pile of sawdust got going, even hosing it down all afternoon couldnt stop it. (maybe all that reading wasnt so good for my brain after all because that was a really stupid thing to do.)
In the chicken coop : The 4 chicks from Memorial Day are mostly grown up now. The 2 girls have started to lay the most beautiful dark, chocolate brown eggs (thanks to their Marans daddy). The 2 boys however decided that, for whatever reason made sense in their little rooster brains, the 2 speckled Sussex hens were no longer part of the flock and they attacked them any time they so much as peeked out of the coop. When I realized what was going on, the boys were moved to the tractor. Its WAY too small for such LARGE birds to spend extended amounts of time in so now there is a little yard attached to it. Im trying to decide between processing them in their teenage stage and getting it over with, but not getting much meat from them or trying to hold off till they stop getting taller and taller and start putting on some weight. The lower part of the tractor is 24 tall, and their combs are only about an inch from the top. BIG boys.
If I can figure out how to make their little yard secure enough that they can use it even when Im not home to watch them, Ill probably let them go till theyre a year old. The Jersey Giant in them makes them mature super slow, at 6 months old, theyre just starting to look like those long legs might fit one day.
OH! Almost forgot! I finally got a new camera too!
So picts soon.
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nice to see you again! Always important to stay in touch with the real world!!
