It’s a beautiful day here in the Valley of the Sun. Warm enough to have the open for some fresh air, and the wind has. Died down after yesterday.
The ducks are still laying, but so far I haven’t seen any evidence that the blue crew have started. I figured they’d start around February but I still check. Attila is a rotten chicken.
I’m feeding Nutrena All Flock pellets, $22 for 40 lbs. For five chickens and three ducks one bag lasts roughly three weeks if I supplement with some scratch once in a while and greens a few days a week. I leave a bit of feed out for the ducks all night but otherwise have to stay outside near the feed to keep the pigeons at bay. If I didn’t they’d double the feed bill quite easily.
The pepper plants both died as we got some frost a few mornings, but everything else is doing well. We had some clouds yesterday that stayed overnight so none today. Only got a few sprinkles, enough to make a mess in the dust on my car
Been going through the freezers and pantry the last few days. I’ve cooked a bunch of meat and vac sealed it, prepped a bunch of DIY rice mixes and meat helpers, and put together some mixes for onion rings and brownies. All with the bits and pieces I found, no shopping. Also made a big batch of rib rub and some DIY brown gravy mix plus a batch of liver jerky for the dogs.
Grocery shopping for this week is done, holy cow things are expensive! Thedogs went for a ride to the feed store. I watered a few things in the backyard, gave the crew clean water and some cilantro. Putting my feet up and watching a movie until I need to start dinner. This has been a busy week.
