I've thought about starting a blog for just about forever now. Mostly as a way to let others know what I'm up to. And to a lesser extent to try to keep track of everything I've done. Like take the chickens for instance. I've been raising chickens for a while but I can't remember exactly when I started. And I've gone through several sets of chickens. I would love to look back and have a record of that. And lastly, I've been searching for like minded people on the web that want to produce a lot of their own food in their back yard and become more aware of where our food comes from. But I haven't found exactly what I'm looking for. So I'll just do it myself. Hopefully it'll inspire someone else.
So here's my first post...
I'll start with what I did TODAY. It has been raining for several days now. The kind that doesn't let up. It might drop down to a drizzle but it never really goes away. That's OK since we're (hopefully) getting out of the worst drought on record here in Texas. It is the first day of Spring Break for the kids. They're already climbing the walls. They are the kinds of boys that need to be outside. So in a moment of insanity I decided that we needed to go for a run. I mapped out an 8 mile route around the neighborhood and set out. Kid #1 and I ran, Kid #2 carried the SAG (supply and gear) basket on his bike. Around mile 1 it started to rain harder. At mile 2 it was pouring. We took shelter under a neighborhood USPS pavilion. The rain didn't seem to want to let up so we made the decision to cut our adventure short and take the short way home. Murphy's law went into effect when we hit the highest and most exposed point of the run and lighting began to strike. Turns out the Murphlings and I can run pretty fast. We got home in one piece, though. Soaked, happy, and safe.
We found out yesterday that the Hill Country Coop Tour coordinators will visit our coop tomorrow instead of Tuesday so we did our best to make things look presentable. Everything in the back is flooded and covered in mud. I cleaned out the inside of the coop and put down tons of pine shavings. The chickens rewarded my efforts to make things comfortable for them by laying 8 eggs today. The girls are in full swing! The rooster is totally annoying the neighbors but he'll be gone within a couple of weeks. We got him two weeks ago so that he could fertilize eggs. We're gonna give the fertilized eggs to Kid #2's teacher so she can incubate them in the class. I couldn't help myself and started to incubate 6 eggs on March 7. I'm using a heating pad and an ice chest as an incubator. I'll keep you posted on that one. I'm having a hard time keeping a constant temperature in there.
Kids and I went to Aunt Joy's for the "March birthdays" birthday party. Of course all of the youngest generation ended up in the back yard covered in mud. Kid #2 found two geckos and one roach. They're now living happily in a jar next to the frog and the fish in his room. We're going to have a zoo in there soon. He takes really good care of his pets, though.
I haven't done anything garden-wise today. Way too wet. The tomatoes and peppers are covered in plastic. It dipped down into the low 40's the last couple of nights. You're supposed to keep them protected when it gets below 45. Just FYI.
So that's just about it for today. I promise this will get more informative and interesting as time goes by. But I had to start somewhere.
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