Homestead Happenings for Sept 15 2023 - Ep 793

Sep 15, 2023

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Leaves are starting to turn on the trees that turn the earliest. It is the time to pay attention to cherry leaf drop. Indeed, fall is not here, but the weather has turned a corner in Tennessee to cooler nights and mornings. AC is off more than on. Fresh air in the house makes everything fee better. Animals are friskier and garden plants are doing a last push.

Strategically, we are reducing time needed on the homestead to care for things so that one person can more easily manage it.

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Forage

Missed my tree shaking
Goldenrod is everywhere
Nettles are ready for harvest
Mints, etc still harvestable
Grabbing Yarrow
Echinacea Seed collection to start additional patches
Chicken of the woods this week

Livestock

Baby sheep playing this morning
Really close to another round of babies
Timing rotation so that the sheep are easy to get to for SRF
Starting to rotate goats again when fencing is simplified
Deer season is nigh and there are many in the area
Time to process rabbits
Picking up a rooster or two (Need leg bands to mark them)
Time to put on ear tags for the new lambs

Grow

Lettuce is up and needs thinning - transplant to the AP system
May have enough peppers to do another round of salsa
Getting ready to prepare beds for spring planting
Preparing bed for garlic
Last brussels sprout harvest this weekend
Flowers did great this year

Holler Neighbors/Community

SRF Stage Assistance
Filling in when we are gone
The roaster repair

Infrastructure

Semi permanent electric fencing to make life easier (Making straight shots)
Building a new rabbitry - need to put pine tar on the structural wood (Making a big mess under Tajmaholler

Finances

Expensive chicken eggs are night - Today is the earliest day for eggs
Tracking system is working well
Andy has sheep shares

Make it a great week!

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