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The past week here in Central Missouri was mostly warm-ish with a bit of rainfall. We’re still way behind from last year’s drought so anything at this point is better than nothing.
Mrs. Augie and I spent most of Saturday cleaning up around the yard. I cut up a mulberry tree that was leaning on the arena fence and hauled that away. It took four loads on my 16’x7’ flatbed trailer to get rid of all the brush. I managed to get another six loader buckets of limestone cobble placed in the pond. By the time I put in what’s left of the pile I should have the dam pretty well muskrat-proofed.
I had another greenhouse mishap last week. Had three flats of seedlings up and looking good when the temperature controller for the heating mat lost its mind and went non-stop wide open. By the time I noticed it the soil temps were over 100 degrees and most of the baby plants were toast. I ditched the broken temp controller and replanted yesterday. Hopefully this time will work out better. At this rate I’m going to have to make another seed purchase.
Today our chickens are celebrating the Chiefs Super Bowl win with a nice bowl of leftover party snacks. With the temps moderating and daylight increasing they have started to lay enough eggs that we’re able to give a few away. Won’t be long and we’ll have eggs coming out of our ears.
Get started raising free-range poultry with this guide to foraging, mobile coops, predator protection, and more.
https://www.grit.com/animals/poultry/how-to-raise-poultry-on-pasture-zm0z18jfzsar/
Mulberries! Ugh! Beau actually planted two of those trash trees on purpose! He loves mulberries for some reason, but when they’re ripe, he’s always up at our cabin for Bear Training Season, and somehow I always ‘forget’ to pick them before the birds get them and ‘poop purple’ all over the place!
Sorry about your seed heat mishap. At least there’s still time to recoup your losses!
Glad the chickens got extra Superbowl treats. It was a fun game; I skipped all the stupidity to start and half time. Again, Ugh! These people. Just shut up and play the game!