Sometimes we get larger than usual eggs that contain 2 yolks inside. These are most often laid by young hens (pullets) that have just started laying. The greatest number of yolks found in a single chicken egg is 9. That must have been a huge egg…and a painful experience for the hen. Some interesting egg […]
Our Honey Bees are riding out the winter in 2 Layens horizontal hives. They both have more space to add empty frames. We also have another Layens hive ready for bees either through splitting an existing hive or catching another swarm this spring. I just finished building frames in the workshop so we’re ready to
My truck has been stalling about a minute after starting if it will start at all. It’s a 1983 GMC 4×4 truck with a lot of miles on it. I narrowed it down to a fuel issue and had bought a new fuel pump. I also picked up a new fuel filter even though it
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Every time we harvest fruit or veggies from the garden we record the weight, and at the end of the year we type everything into a spreadsheet. In 2020 we grew 1,215 lbs of food. Below is a list of our top crops and the harvest weight. 2020 summer garden. It sure looks a lot
We’ve had light frosts, but tonight will be our first hard freeze. We spent some time in the garden this week harvesting mixed greens, broccoli, cauliflower and sweet potatoes. 80 lbs. of mostly Okinawan sweet potatoes. They are white skinned with purple flesh, and are a bit firmer than Beauregard sweet potatoes (also pictured) Our
Sarah and I are enjoying our Thanksgiving Holiday alone at our house this year due to a rise in Covid-19 cases. Sarah’s school has gone back to all virtual classes just recently for an unknown period of time. The hospitals in Tennessee are straining to handle all the influx in cases. We couldn’t fit our
We had seed shortages this past Spring due to Covid-19. Local and mail order seed suppliers both had slim inventory. This Fall Sarah joined some seed swapping Facebook groups and has been having good results finding many of the seeds we will need in the Spring. We even found Jerusalem Artichoke (sunchokes) tubers that we
We just had our first frost. We harvested all of our remaining basil, eggplant, tomatoes, peppers and some herbs in preparation for our first frost. Sarah made our pesto recipe with all of the basil. I have some kind of reaction to pine nuts and they change my tastebuds so that sweet tastes bitter for
We have two chest freezers in the workshop. I’ve heard stories of people losing a freezer full of food due to power loss or freezer malfunction. We wanted a way to monitor those freezers from our house, which is about 60 feet away. We have been using this AMIR Wireless Refrigerator/Freezer Alarm for over 2
My parents had a stray kitten show up at their house. She stuck around for a day, so my dad asked if we wanted her. She’ll be an outdoor cat. She spent a few days getting introduced to our place, the dogs, free range chickens and the other cats. She’s taken up residence in one