Saturday, January 7, 2012

Jan. 1 - 7, 2012

Temperature Range:
  • lows: 19 - 45 F
  • highs: 36 - 67 F
Rainfall: sprinkle

Planted:
  • 2 ginger rhizomes
Harvested:
  • cabbage
  • broccoli
  • kale
  • collards
  • mangels (for the goats)
  • turnip greens
  • ginger 
Preserved:
  • ginger root, candied
Egg Totals:
  • Sun. 0
  • Mon 0
  • Tues. 1
  • Wed. 1
  • Thurs. 2
  • Fri. 2
  • Sat. 4
  • Week's Total: 10
Observed & Accomplished
Sunday
  • Day of rest
Monday
  • winter expected to arrive tonight
  • noted some daffodil flower buds
  • harvested all the broccoli (not much)
  • broccoli, kale & dried cranberry salad for dinner
Tuesday
  • 1st Buff Orpington egg!
  • sorted all my seeds
Wednesday
  • shelled corn
Thursday
  • shelled corn
  • made sauerkraut
  • harvested my ginger
  • planted 2 new rhizomes
  • made candied ginger
Friday
  • 2 Buff eggs today
  • finished deseeding the broom corn
  • gave dried leaves to the goats
  • gave the chickens homegrown "scratch" this evening: corn, amaranth, & broom corn seeds
Saturday
  • 3 Buff eggs!
  • made yogurt





3 comments:

  1. Would you mind telling me how your Ginger grows? I am interested and I have never grown it. I am not sure if my altitude and weather can grow Ginger, one of my all time favorite spices.

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    1. Amigo2be, check out the ginger post on my homestead blog, Homegrown Ginger. I'm pleased to say it did very well!

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