It has been two and a half weeks since we were able to clean any pens and mam did they need it. We spent most of the day doing just that, chores that the weather has kept us from doing. Plus this was the first chance we had to evaluate everything and every animal to how they fared.
The onions plants do not look good at all. If this weeks sunshine does not bring any green back in them then this weekend we will replant.
And that's it. I think that everything fared pretty well. Now we need to start the prep work for the summer heat.
Being that I have to work tomorrow I made the wife a nice little Valentines Day dinner tonight. It consisted of Honey glazed grilled pork chops, mashed potatoes with brown gravy and baked beans. She in turn is making me a chess pie. That's what I call a win/win.
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Have a great and blessed week and if you are around here in North Texas, then enjoy the beautiful weather this week.
The roosters comb got frost bit because it is so far from the rest of him. The hens combs are closer to their heads. It happens though.
ReplyDeleteThe signs ARE cute. You are so talented. lol
Hey this hint comes to late but you can use it if it gets cold again, to prevent more frostbite. All you do is any chicken/ rooster that has a large cone coat their comb and whattles( they'll freeze too) with vasoline. Don't beleive if anyone tells you that if their cone freezes they'll be sterile, that certainly wasn't the case with our old buff rooster.
ReplyDeleteLove your signs, you are so talented!
I got my cold tolerant crops planted in the green house yesterday! What fun it was to dig in the dirt and enjoy 85F temps in the greenhouse.
Blessings for your day,
Kelle
sfg, That makes all the sense in the world, thank you.
ReplyDeleteKelle, I never would have figured putting Vaseline on a chicken (there is a joke there somewhere). See here in Texas we never have to worry about things like that so most of us don't know. Like driving on ice, we just don't know. LOL
My greenhouse is planned to be built this summer, I cannot wait. Do yall heat yours?
Thank yall for the comments and the complements on the signs.
Redneck,
ReplyDeleteNo joke, the vasoline really works, put on a good coating.
Good luck with your greenhouse, we're loving ours. We had ripe tomatoes well into Nov. and then picked off the remaining green ones and ripened over time, we've had tomatoes until mid Jan.
No we currently do NOT heat it, but have plans to do so with a wood stove. Just so we can extend our season and get an earlier start. We're still experimenting and learning, there is a learning curve when growing in a greenhouse. This year we'll be purchasing a shade cloth, to help with overheating and adding a solar attic vent to help exhaust the hot air better, than natural flow through the windows and roll up sides. It doesn't take it long to get to 100F inside.
Blessings,
Kelle