Yesterday

We butchered our 22 Cornish crosses yesterday. Our neighbor and her two daughters came. They are the same ages as Rhyyan and Lilley. It went super fast and easy. 

   Joelle dispatched. Malachi, Judah, and Wisdom got the birds. And did random jobs. Mrs M ended up mostly scalding. The girls were pretty quick at gutting. Next year I hope to raise 200. It shouldn't be too hard as the children are huge helps. Judah is challenging though. He wants to be too helpful. So he takes constant supervision. And he quickly tires of the 'lame' jobs. Like getting the birds. He would rather scald. Remove feet. Pluck or something that he deems important. Age should help that. And patience on my end. Lots of patience. 

No pictures. Though I was busy. 

Edit to add: the birds weighed out to be $1.50 a lb maximum. I'm very pleased. 

Slacker. Quitter. Lazy. Overzealous.

Whatever it is I didn't follow through with my food challenge. But I'm still producing. Milk and peppers. Green beans.  And greens. Now pecans. I should've known it was a silly idea.  Oh well. 

Enjoy the random pile of photos. Ha! This last picture was this morning. Naomi brought her harmonica to breakfast and randomly played for me during her meal poor girl had to serenade her own meal.  

Removing our old rock raised beds.

I've decided that the random beds around aren't what will work here anymore. So Malachi and I are pulling out all the rocks. Then moving out herbs to better places. 

Daisy Mae Roehrman

She is pure sweetness. 

October 3rd

Peppers. Eggs. We still can't find their pile... These are the eggs Judah brought in. Not sure if this is all of them. Mint. Judah wanted tea. And a cute tiny squash. 

Nettle seeds. Joelle wants to dehydrate and cook them. I'll let you know. 

All the happiness in the world!!!! I'm so excited!!!! MILK!!!!  Glorious milk!!! 

Loofa. Picked too early. Hopefully will dry and be nice. 

Earths gym today. I got it nearly cleaned out. I hope to rake in the morning and start tilling for some greens. 

 

   Gardening is good for my soul. I don't want to release it this year. My plan is lots of composting this winter. And all the plants I brought in. 

Today:   4.05

Yesterday:  4.20

Total:  8.25

October 2nd

We burned the brush pile where we typically find eggs. So we got less today. We need to find their new spot. 

 

Today:   1.26

Yesterday:  2.94

Total:  4.20

October 1st

Day 1. Challenging our family in raising all the food we can in 1 year. Or until I quit. Hopefully I succeed. 

Today's harvest.  

We got 14 eggs. 

A large handful of mouse melons a small bell pepper. 

Some hot peppers. 

A habanero.

 And a small handful of chili peppers. 2.94 lbs 

Rhyyan also found a puffball mushroom. But it was eaten before the picture was taken. 

It might get boring. But I hope to keep it interesting. Obviously it will get better come spring. 

I can't wait to see what we can do!