Posted by Katharine on September 10, 2007 at 20:14:21 from (74.230.145.77):
Hey Everybody!
I just came back on here looking for the info on the dang battery I need for my "moveable shooting practice project" and thought I'd take a moment to stop in and say "HI". No, I didn't shoot the "Dirty Word", "Dirty Word" TOAD that sold me the big ole' hunk of sometimes useable tractor, but I SURE think about it still!
I have been BUSY with the kids and starting them back in school, -say it with me now, YEAH!!!, the PTA (don't even get me started on that one) moving chicken coops, building broiler pens, (Smashing thumb with a 16oz hammer, only did that ONCE, well ok twice, but it was on different days and I was already tired and sore so I couldn't hold the fence staple right )lambing the sheep, turning our beds for re-planting this month, hatching out baby chicks with a cantankerous incubator, continuing to take care of the rest of the critters, selling eggs, ordering seed, taking smallest child to Pedi. for emergency stitches on a tiny knee, yadda yadda yadda......
My "moveable, shooting practice project" a.k.a. as my 68' Ford 3400 is still running, believe it or not, though we believe for not much longer as she is now drinking the oil steadily and must be checked to re-add oil every 3 acres. Thankfully we only have 5 as you know. It's cheaper that way on SO many levels!
I can't wait to finish moving the "fertilizer" out of the old coop and get it all spread into the beds so I can get planting again. No, it's not anything compared to what most of you guys do on here, with your big fancy equipment and hay tedders and acres of mono-cropping, but I and my family enjoy the "micro-farming" that we do immensely and wouldn't trade it for the world. We plant in raised beds (still, no attachments for the Ford yet to plow with) and rake our hay by hand for use in the coops for nest boxes and to feed to the sheep and such. It's good exercise for the adults and wears the kids out for a bit so I can keep up with them!
I am getting ready to plant: lettuce, carrots, cauliflower, misc.culinary herbs, onions, radishes, spinach and hopefully get some strawberries in there as well. In our hopefully soon to be raised greenhouse I want to get my tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, snap beans and hot peppers planted for a head start on the spring crops.
Well, it's late here - around 11:30pm and I need to head off to bed. What has everyone else been up to??
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