Whatcha Up To???

[w_r_ranch]

Yesterday: I was finally able to finish painting the 'burn barrel' & return it to service.

Clean/vacuum packed the chicken breasts.

Refilled the water-softener salt in the well house.

Watered the porch pots, hanging baskets & the stuff in the greenhouse.

 

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Fed the cattle.

Cut the grass.

 

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Put out another roll of hay ahead of the incoming cold front.

Put the 'burn barrel' back in service & burned a load of trash.

Watered the porch pots, baskets & stuff in the greenhouse.

 

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Cold & windy.

Made a pot of pinto beans.

Made a spice cake with cream cheese frosting.

 

[Titus Bass]

Cold and windy here also. Nursing my little dog right now. He has a little stomach issue that kept us up most of the night. I got him to eat some pumpkin with so probiotics on it this morning. He is resting a little better.

 

[w_r_ranch]

It was 29 degrees this morning, so everything I had planted in the pots & planters is toast. Grrrr!!!

Finished up our granddaughter's senior prom pictures for her.

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Made 2 loaves of Italian bread.

Seasoned up pork chops that I'll put on the smoker for our suppers.

 

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Picked up a load of feed, did the weekly shopping & topped off my fuel tank. Prices of everything have jumped over the last 8 days... Diesel was up to $4.90 & cattle feed was up to $13.50 a sack!!!

Watered the porch pots in preparation for replanting.

 

[KsK]

The freeze took a toll on my garden also. Lost most of my peas . Cucumbers and beans hit hard. Potatoes burnt somewhat.Glad I have not planted tomatoes and peppers.

 

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Replanted jalapenos in the pots on the back porch.

Re-weed & amend the 3 beds in the side yard.

Ran to town to top off my Jeep's tank & to pick up a bottle of vodka for homemade vanilla extract.

Fed the cattle.

 

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Re-seasoned the steel plate griddle in the Genesis grill.

Took plants & some gardening supplies down to our daughter's place. Then I helped her get her garden started.

Grilled a sirloin for our suppers.

 

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Continued amending the flowerbeds.

Watered the porch pots, hanging baskets, crape myrtles, the stuff in the greenhouse & the 3 side yard flowerbeds.

Fed the cattle.

 

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Watered the trees & stuff in the greenhouse.

Ordered 14 yds. of garden soil.

Started making 1.75L of homemade vanilla extract (I'm still waiting on the 2nd bag of beans which should have arrived last Saturday). This has been on my bucket list for a good while...

 

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Continued watering the backyard trees, stuff in the greenhouse, porch pots & hanging baskets.

Received the load of garden soil.

As an experiment, I started 8oz of both cherry & blueberry extract.

Put up 2 hummingbird feeders as we had 1 yesterday looking on the back porch.

 

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Made 2 loaves of Italian bread, 1 for us & the other for our daughter's family.

Put out a roll of hay, then put the bucket back on the tractor.

Continued watering the back yard, stuff in the greenhouse & the crape myrtles.

 

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Took Dieter to the vet for his yearly rabies & distemper vaccinations.

Then went to get a haircut & do the weekly shopping.

 

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Made stuffed jalapenos.

Made a half gallon of buttermilk ranch dressing.

Finally finished making the vanilla extracts. We now have 70 ounces of thriple-fold vanilla and 8 ounces each of blueberry/vanilla & cherry/vanilla. Now it is just a matter of time...

 

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Made a birthday cake for our SIL.

Made a pound cake for our desserts.

Started moving the garden dirt to flowerbeds, amending it as I went.

 

[Titus Bass]

Made a birthday cake for our SIL.

Tell SIL happy birthday.......

 

[w_r_ranch]

Sharpen 7 knives today.

Continued moving the garden dirt to flowerbeds, amending it as I went. Then watered it all in.

 

[w_r_ranch]

Made a pot of pinto beans.

Set the stakes & planted the green peppers & some of the tomatoes.

Fed the cattle.

Got my 'dirt tapper' back & applied osphro to it. I'll paint it tomorrow.

 

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Paint the 'dirt tapper', so it'll be ready to go tomorrow.

Set the stakes, planted more tomatoes & watered them in.

Watered the asparagus bed, crape myrtles, porch pots & side yard flowerbeds.

 

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Did the weekly shopping.

 

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Drizzling rain this morning...

Pick up another load of cattle feed.

Seasoned up chicken fajitas that I'll put on the smoker for our suppers.

 

[w_r_ranch]

The 'lost' package of vanilla beans from 2 weeks ago finally showed up, so I used them to make 16 oz of 2-fold bourbon vanilla extract.

Went to town to refill my Jeep & the ranch gas containers before the price goes up again.