Showing posts with label frost. Show all posts
Showing posts with label frost. Show all posts

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Frost and Happy Pigs

Oh boy, we had our first heavy frost this morning.  Fall has come on strong and summer already feels like it was a dream.  

During the summer, have you ever looked at the lush, green-leafed trees and thought, "I can't imagine being able to see every branch of that tree?"  Then winter comes, and by the end of winter you look at the skeletal trees and think, "I can't imagine there being so many leaves on that tree that I can't see the branches?"  
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A friend and I cut corn stalks yesterday.  The pigs have one and one-half weeks before they go to the butcher and I have one sack of feed left.  I'd like to get by without buying any more feed.  The friend has a field of older corn that he's letting me have (thank you Jim - for the corn and the help!).  


The pigs don't seem to mind that I'm giving them lots of corn stalks with the starchy corn cobs still on them, mushy tomatoes, baseball bat-sized squashes, and tree dropped apples.





They ate so much yesterday that they actually got full (I didn't imagine that could happen) and they didn't finish what I gave them!

That is one contented pig face!


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Thursday, June 2, 2011

Cuteness In A Box

I received this e-mail today:

Just a Reminder!
Ship Date:6/1/2011
Ship To:SHARON FITZGERALD
144 SNOWMAN RD
COUDERSPORT, PA 16915
Your poultry order has been shipped today. You should expect delivery within 72 hours. If you have any problems, please report them within 4 days of arrival. We appreciate your business and are looking forward to providing you with "Ideal Poultry".
Ideal Poultry Breeding Farms Inc.
PO Box 591
Cameron, TX 76520
254-697-6677






To see what I ordered, go to my previous post:  2011 Chicken Order

Cuteness in a box is heading my way!



P.S.  We had a frost advisory here last night.  I'm glad I don't have anything outside quite yet!

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

FROST!

Last night we had our first really hard frost.






We've had other frosts, but this was a truly heavy one. We covered the outside lettuces, but I fear to see what is inside the high tunnel. Could this be the end of the 2010 growing season? Stay tuned....