Imagine the fur coats you could get along with beef.
Posted on 11/01/2025 5:46:00 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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Those newer clamps look sturdy. I can’t wait until this is all up and operational and filled with FOOD! :)
‘Cow Chronicles’ LOL!
Sorry for your loss. You’re really invested in these cows! I think you need a milk cow of your own. I’ll suggest a Mini Jersey which is what I lust after. They’re only about $10K now. ;)
https://www.outdoorhappens.com/the-ultimate-mini-jersey-cow-guide/
It was a pretty good meal. Beau said, ‘About average,’ which means he liked it.
Sunny Side Up eggs from the hens and some hash made with the leftovers for our ‘Brunchfast’ this morning.
Decisions decisions
Cross Brace Straps in Tunnel Vision plus 12 Railex Tees for the gable vent framing $166.50
Everything in Railex $282.21
Those Railex cross brackets are so much nicer than the straps. Definitely want the Railex Tees for the strength for a gable vent fan that will have some vibration. $300-ish seems to be my standard internet purchase for the tunnel. Gee, that reminds me — I need three roll up motors @ $100 ea. Poly/wire/track was $283.
If nickles are $300 and dimes are $400, this tunnel is nickle and diming me to death.
Gotta hit one grocery store this morning. Last day for leg of lamb.
We’re not big on turkey and ham is every day cheap stuff. Most common recipe for leg of lamb seems to be, poke a bunch of holes in it with a knife and shove slices of garlic in them and roast it.
Some kind of potatoes - probably roasted red potatoes(w/rosemary) along with the lamb.
Green Bean Casserole and deviled eggs as usual.
Speaking of GBC, we often do pork chops smothered in GBC. Pork chops quickly seared on each side first. Cheap and even the lightest pink sirloin chops won’t dry out. A nice big pork steak works too.
Imagine the fur coats you could get along with beef.
My niece has 2 regular size Jersey calfs. They are ‘bottle babies’ & so cute!! They are actually good meat cows so they’ll have a really good life for the next probably 2 years or so.
This niece has the goats. One of the original 2 Nubians & the Dwarf Nigerian are expecting in about 2 weeks and “are huge”. I told mom when the goats (8 of them) have had their kids, I AM going to see them - she can stay home because she hasn’t wanted to make the trip for just a visit. Surprisingly, she’s now insisting she DOES want to go with me LOL.
The 5 Nubian does that were born last year were bred to a Dwarf Nubian buck. This will result in kids that look Nubian & are good milk producers, but they will be small ‘mini’ size. Plus, it will be easier for the first-time mamas to birth their kids. Evidently, this is the new ‘hot’ goat to have. She’s doing all the blood draws & testing to have healthy goats & to be able to sell them. She sent me a video of “draw day” .... the goats are unappreciative of the fact they have an RN expertly drawing their blood!
My other homesteading niece wanted a certain breed of miniature sheep, but they also cost thousands of dollars each each so she ended up with 2 free Dwarf Nubian wethers.
CC: The downed cow may be alive- it looks like her head is up, but otherwise she’s not moving. Once the farmer arrives to do his morning check, I will see what happens. I can only see so much with the binos. There ‘may’ be a new calf with another cow but there’s another fairly small one in the herd already & it could be that one I am seeing. The brand new ones stick pretty close to mom & this one has wandered away just a bit.
My maternal grandparents had a dairy & I have always loved cows. On one visit, I woke up on Sunday morning to be told my very favorite cow ‘Redford’ had a calf the night before - so exciting! Poor Granddad - once my brother & I named our 2 favorites, they were always there when we visited because I don’t think he had the heart to sell them & have to explain that to us.
Sweet stories all around. I’ve never been around much livestock, but they sound like fun, until the work aspect settles in. Like gardening only more so.
Today is a rainy day, thank goodness, so I hope to get some inside chores done. I have a lot to get done before heading out to Oregon on Sunday.
I was a month late planting the turnips/rutabaga. If you want a really good crop of roots here in USDA hardiness zone 6, August 1st is when the seed needs to go in the ground. The best of mine are around baseball size now. Most of them are golf ball size or smaller.
Don’t sweat it if you don’t get any roots. Cut the tops off, chop em up, boil until tender, season to taste, enjoy.
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The other problem is Cabbage loopers, southern Army worms, thing like that.
The final problem is lack of interest by spouse and daughter. "What? Turnips? Ewww!"
In the time before refrigeration Turnips and Rutabagas were held in a higher regard in peoples imagination!
Hopefully you did it for less.
Frame only, I’m still about the same but I have a solid welded 2.38” outer frame while the kits are 1.25” or 1.66” and thinner walled for my sized tunnel. My solid frame goes all the way into the ground while kits have short straight pieces in the ground and the outer frame slides over those and they bolt together.
The poly may get torn apart but the frame will stay put and can be recovered.
Custom home builder vs developer built subdivision home.
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