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no baby goats yet ? now that I have the two electrical quad receptacle boxes all wired in and working, I can move on to better things. today I lit a fire in the shop stove and re arranged all of the machinery. table saw, two jointers and even the heavy planer. swept the floor and tossed out...

no sun today. I lit a fire in the shop stove. with no windows, I have no idea what the conditions are outside.I'm in my own little mini climate. I moved all of the machines around. even the heavy planer..it gives me more walking space. I tossed 2 buckets of trash. there will be more. my plan...

Barb, you posted an hour after I went to bed. cloudy here, we had a good downpour after midnight. 52f at 8 AM. a friend of mine from Madison area just had her cat to the vet for urinary blockage. $4ooo.oo not a typo.. then it had to be put down anyway.. there has to be a limit of what...

houston, we have power. bro Dave happened to come to get his tent. I was in the shop stapling the wire to the post. He volunteered to climb the step ladder and finish stapling the wire to the wall. Annie wired the plug. I just watched and directed the choir. the drill worked in all 8...

It seems that planting larger robust tomato plants really doesn't give you a head start. they seem to dormant for awhile to get over the shock. long ago we had water walls. after a few seasons they developed leaks . later on a friend with a green house told me to lay the tomato on the...

Barb, if you were raising cattle or hogs, I wonder how well peeking would work ? today we tried a new recipe. it is a copycat recipe of the kale soup that Olive Garden serves Theirs is very good,,,,ours is even better.. cold and rainy here today. doesn't make me feel like working in the...

I always liked donkeys. are they also called burro . are babies called burito ?? Annie helped me wire the second quad box. my eyes are so bad I can't do the super fine work like pokig a wire into a little hole.. she did the job in five minutes where it would take me hours.. the sun was in...

as of 2PM today, Ollie is back home.. just in time for the monsoon season. Annie won't park her car in the garage because the swallows have some nests in there. they mess up her windshield. so I have Ollie in there. he has no windshield. lol the wind is blowing and it is just starting to...

No luck today, He saw only 2 hens/ He had to go looking for his tent first. the tie down rope came loose. a mile south of us , we have been watching a flock of about 100 . they were right next to the road one day and there were lots of Toms in the bunch..

daylight in the swamp. I slept until 5:oo . then Annie started spooking around and I am awake. she ? went back to sleep.. I mentally finished the wiring. now, I have to actually do it.. Bro Dave is coming out to hunt the elusive Tom turkey today .. we can see his tent from our kitchen...

Cappy, Is your goat kidding you ?

another one of those nights where I can't fall asleep and I didn't nap during the day. I lit a fire in the wood burner in the shop to get rid of the humidity . It worked fine, and took the chill out of the air . I took pictures of the wiring project. only I can't send them. something...

Just checking in. still waiting for spring to spring 32F this morning, had snow yesterday. I setting up two quad receptacle boxes for in the shop. awfully weary of walking on extension cords. bought a circular saw sharpener. kind of tricky to adjust, but I managed to sharpen a few blades...

whew ,, that was a close call, Barb. No, not the goats getting out, i mean you coming back to your senses about getting more goats.. when you can build a fence that will hold water, you will have a goat proof fence.. way back when, when we had a huge variety of "pets", people would come...

I got a good solid 5 hours of sleep. that is good , for me. we have tracking snow here this morning.31F Annie is going to make her first attempt at Bourbon Chicken.. the recipe looks easy enough. I think I will get involved. may be sample some of the ingredients ? our two Tom turkeys are...

Barb, Maybe you are just feeding her too much ?? the sun came up nice and bright at 6;35 today. I hope it stays out. I feel more like doing things if the sun is shining. for instance, cloudy yesterday, I did nothing .. Barb, try covering the seeds with straw. that's how we plant grass seed...

cats don't give any warning when the kittens are due. they suddenly are there. I did a sample prewire of the eight receptacles. I used 14Ga wire. when I do it for real, I will use 12Ga . this wiring job will be picture worthy. We are becoming weary of the dampness. a glimmer of...

normally turkeys will lay eggs for a couple of weeks. they usually will not lay year round like chickens do. my wife tried making an angel food cake with turkey eggs. also with goose eggs. it did not go well. to lighten scrambled eggs, add water or milk to them while whipping..

wind advisory all day and then thunder and rain after it got dark. It was OK as long as we didn't have to go outside. going to Menards today to pick up four super white receptacles and two face plates and two deep receptacle boxes. going to mount them onto the support post in the center of...

I toss oily rags directly into the burn barrel . if they start a fire in there, I don't mind. I agree with the nail method. the ones hanging on the peg board are fine.