What did you do in the garden today?

[chickengr]

I have a partial set of mini bread machine books. I do the dough by hand, but there's not one dud recipe in them. It's really nice as they recipes have 3 each, small-medium-and large loaf.

64 degrees today and windy. I spent the whole afternoon chainsawing down invasive cedar trees in the cattle pasture. I've managed about 6 or so acres so far. I haven't TOUCHED the 20 foot trees or the plum, ironwood, or olive trees. Those will be easier with the skid steer the other rancher will bring in. Me cutting the cedar trees down by hand means less time the skid steer guy has to be there, saving $$.

=========on the critter note
Now there are 3. Sigh.
I lost half my herd. HALF MY HERD. He was the baby (8), sweet, sassy, soft- and my supreme grand champion fleece alpaca.
I bought him 3 weeks more than the others, but he was just going downhill for the past week and all I was doing was drugging him to help keep him comfortable. Numb. I'm just numb.

sorry for your losses

 

[akroberts1085]

@WthrLady, I am so sorry for your losses. I have had to go through the loss process so many times in my life, it definitely doesn't get any easier.

 

[StarOnFire59]

At first i read that as "2-3 ACRES per day" and I was in wonder!!

That would be one very huge backyard. I live in town.
Luckily not in an HOA, & the town allows you to have 6 hens in your backyard. So we got 3 Bantams last year on hen day, and we'll get 3 more this year, to have our limit. I started slow to get back into the swing of things, before going all out.

 

[Molpet]

I have a partial set of mini bread machine books. I do the dough by hand, but there's not one dud recipe in them. It's really nice as they recipes have 3 each, small-medium-and large loaf.

64 degrees today and windy. I spent the whole afternoon chainsawing down invasive cedar trees in the cattle pasture. I've managed about 6 or so acres so far. I haven't TOUCHED the 20 foot trees or the plum, ironwood, or olive trees. Those will be easier with the skid steer the other rancher will bring in. Me cutting the cedar trees down by hand means less time the skid steer guy has to be there, saving $$.

=========on the critter note
Now there are 3. Sigh.
I lost half my herd. HALF MY HERD. He was the baby (8), sweet, sassy, soft- and my supreme grand champion fleece alpaca.
I bought him 3 weeks more than the others, but he was just going downhill for the past week and all I was doing was drugging him to help keep him comfortable. Numb. I'm just numb.

I'm sorry for your losses

 

[Rillowen]

I have a partial set of mini bread machine books. I do the dough by hand, but there's not one dud recipe in them. It's really nice as they recipes have 3 each, small-medium-and large loaf.

64 degrees today and windy. I spent the whole afternoon chainsawing down invasive cedar trees in the cattle pasture. I've managed about 6 or so acres so far. I haven't TOUCHED the 20 foot trees or the plum, ironwood, or olive trees. Those will be easier with the skid steer the other rancher will bring in. Me cutting the cedar trees down by hand means less time the skid steer guy has to be there, saving $$.

=========on the critter note
Now there are 3. Sigh.
I lost half my herd. HALF MY HERD. He was the baby (8), sweet, sassy, soft- and my supreme grand champion fleece alpaca.
I bought him 3 weeks more than the others, but he was just going downhill for the past week and all I was doing was drugging him to help keep him comfortable. Numb. I'm just numb.

Are They the thorny olives? Those things are terrifying!! I wouldn't blame you waiting for the skidsteer for those!!

As a side, half the herd and watching the last go down slowly is so painful. I hope the physical labor helps.

 

[Rillowen]

That would be one very huge backyard. I live in town.
Luckily not in an HOA, & the town allows you to have 6 hens in your backyard. So we got 3 Bantams last year on hen day, and we'll get 3 more this year, to have our limit. I started slow to get back into the swing of things, before going all out.

Nice! We just moved to the country a year and a half ago, now we have a 1/2 acre yard in intend to fill with garden! Hand plowing and weeding that much is killer though