Today we talk about how the dual bird incubation project went, our first dry spell of spring, and getting ready for food preservation season at the Holler Homestead.

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Forage

Mullein
Wild rose petals
Oyster Mushrooms
Day lilies should come in shortly
Faux strawberries

Livestock

Update on the egg hatching
Baby ducklings and chicks are growing fast
Put feeders in pots to cut down waste - much less waste
Moving the tractor a bunch with the chickens:
May process all but the class chickens early
Wing clipping
Strawberry experiment - fail
Sheep are well, Bruny is on pregnancy watch

Grow

Broccoli looks great, getting cabbage worms though
Squash, peas, onions, chard, herbs beginning to take off
Tomato wall is up and we are working on balancing nutrient
Time to rotate the late spring plants where the early spring plants go
Beets look terrible
30 minutes a day on the food forest is required due to weed growth: thoughts on leaf mulch
Strawberries are slowing, may water the patch and see if the rejuvenate (A word on “june bearing”

Harvest meals

Garden salad season - how they change
Quick meal: steaks
Shoulder roast in the crockpot

Holler Neighbors/Community

Pew Pew Class

Infrastructure

Nothing new or big to report

Finances

Cashflow low this month

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Homestead Happenings for May 26, 2023 - Ep 751