Ramping Up the Farm

Well, with everything going on, it's important to remember that there's still a farm to build and run. This week hasn't been productive in terms of getting that rabbit hutch finished, and we have chicks coming next week (meat birds) and pigs after that. Time flies when you don't know what the hell you're doing.

So, this weekend is going to be busy as heck; we have to get the pen ready for the pigs and get a miniature coop ready for the chicks. We picked up a nice little enclosure to keep them in while they're growing, but they'll be too small for that for a few weeks.

Some of the things we're talking about doing include: Purchasing tools to butcher our own chickens. Yes, we're going to be doing that soon enough. We have to; it's expensive to get someone else to do it for us. We had a line on a used chicken plucker that would have been a great help, but it sold right from under our noses. So, we're looking around some more.

The weather is getting nicer; we're expecting the last frost day by the end of the month, and that means it's gardening time. I've got some plants growing in the house right now, but there aren't that many. Still, it's an experiment; we failed miserably two years ago and didn't even bother trying to grow our own seedlings last year. This year...let's see how it turns out.

There's a lot of transition at this time of year, so it's going to be a challenge to get things up and running the way we need them to. But we're up to the challenge.