When the word “broadfork” was mentioned earlier, it reminded me of a youtube I watched awhile back. Making wooden pitchforks the old fashioned way. Very cool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmNnRjhv4XY
Taking advantage of a really beautiful day this afternoon. Got two more batches of applesauce canned. It doesn’t seem like I’ve even made a small DENT in those three 5-gallon buckets of apples! Beau has decided he wants dried apples, so I’ll haul out the dehydrator this week and get some of those going. They’ll be a good addition to the homemade granola I make, once the weather cools. :)
Now that THAT is done and the kitchen is cleaned up, I’m heading outside to clean out garden beds. 99% of my tomatoes are spent, but I’ll bet you I still find some more tomatoes hiding out there, and maybe a few more peppers. :)
Plenty of Kale still going strong and I might take a look at the pole beans - just in case. ;)
Frost warnings Thursday & Friday nights, so I’ll be moving my still-beautiful Walmart-Deal-of-the-Century hanging baskets into the green house - if I can lift them!
Bear Camp is going well. Beau has tracked and/or treed 50+ bear this season. He doesn’t have a tag, but they’ve helped get 6 bears for other hunters this season so far, with another tag coming up for the weekend Two more weeks to go. Biggest bear culled was 400+ pounds. They have averaged 350 pounds per bear culled, so they’re getting some decent sized Black Bear this season.
Nothing goes to waste. Beau will bring home the ribs that most people don’t want, and as much fat as he can get a hold of. He renders it and uses bear fat on his boots and anything leather that he owns.
So far no dogs hurt by bear, which is always a bonus. Those are MY PUPPIES he’s training and using; I hate it when any of them get hurt. :(
That was freakin’ cool. Thank you.