October 16 - 22, 2011

Temperature Range

• lows: 35 - 54 F
• highs: 54 - 79 F

Rainfall: 0.6"

Harvested:

• spearmint
• thyme
• sweet potatoes
• beets
• pecans
• persimmons

Preserved:

• 1 ice cube tray of whey
• 1 hard cheese

Seeds saved:

• antique marigold

Egg Counts:

• Sun. 1
• Mon. 0
• Tues. 1
• Wed. 1
• Thurs. 2
• Fri. 1
• Sat. 2
• Week's Total: 8

Accomplished:

Sunday
• day of rest
• discovered deer had been eating & pulling out my beets!
• covered beets with black plastic for the night
Monday
• harvested 2nd bed of sweet potatoes
• made cheese
• covered beets again
Tuesday
• rain
Wednesday
• more rain
• made mozzarella
• gathered pecans
• made sweet potato fries!
• Dan made a live animal trap to catch the ground hog living under the house
• no further deer damage so far
Thursday
• gathered & shelled pecans
• one of the Welsummers is laying again
• ground hog trap remains empty
Friday
• heard 2 owls in our oak trees before 1st light
• gathered more pecans
Saturday
• checked persimmon tree & gathered what we could
• gathered pecans
• tilled part of the corn field to plant wheat