Gorgeous spring day here - with the grass cut, the place looks like a park.
I would love some of those Babydoll sheep! Our 40 year old fencing is too far gone, but you can do great things with electric fencing & it’s moveable. It would save me a fair amount of mowing. I wish I liked mutton so there would be a meat option as well with an animal that would be small enough to manage processing yourself. Unfortunately, I have never been able to eat mutton - just the smell of it cooking is barely tolerable. :-(
Both of my nieces are going to be raising grass-fed & finished beef soon. I think I’m going to get them to raise one for me too or perhaps buy a portion of one from them. I’m getting very serious about sourcing my own food.
Just checked the hummingbird migration map. There is one sighting in our area, but quite a few near the southern border of the state which is 2-3 hours by car away.
I think I’m going to hang out feeders this coming week - might be a week or so early, but rather early than late. I’ve missed the little guys!
“Iām getting very serious about sourcing my own food.”
I don’t care for mutton, either, so they would be for mowing and wool. ;)
Weber went to ‘The Spa’ on Thursday. *SNIF* He finished pit at about 1,200# though! Yikes!
One of my BFFs and her daughter are buying 1/4 from us, so that leaves 3/4 for the two of us, my sister and my Mom. We’ll give some to Amanda and our foster son, Mick, too, but that’s STILL a lot of meat.
It breaks down to about $3.50/pound for all cuts, which includes processing and packaging. They do a nice job where we take them, and they give you many options as to how you want things done. Beau would take ALL steaks, if that were possible. ;)
He found a bunch of t-bones that were WAY at the bottom of his ‘fur freezer’ so I’ve been cutting out the steaks for us and then baking the bones for broth, then the dogs get them after I’m done. It’s working well.
I’ve been making an oven-baked roast a week (finally got it perfected - don’t use your rock pot!) then those leftovers are made into stir-fry, beef chunks w/ gravy and/or Fajitas...all within the Weight Watchers suggestions. SIX pounds down on a mainly meat and veggie diet. :)
I still have about 2 weeks before I need the freezer emptied completely to hold Weber.