Dec. 18 - 24, 2011

Temperature ranges

• lows: 25 - 59 F
• highs: 52 - 61 F

Rainfall: 2.2"

Harvested:

• turnips
• kale
• rosemary
• sage
• lettuce

Egg counts:

• Sun. 0
• Mon. 0
• Tues. 1
• Wed. 0
• Thurs. 0
• Fri. 1
• Sat. 1
• Week's Total: 3

Observations & Accomplishments
Sunday

• day of rest
• looked back at garden journal entries for Dec. 2010. By this time last year we'd had freezing rain, snow, and temps in the teens! So glad we have milder weather this year considering the house renovations we have to do.

Tuesday

• light rain
• made chicken stew with our chicken, potatoes, turnips & herbs

Wednesday

• rain all day
• good day for finishing up the drywall
• chopped and packed dried horehound & dill weed

Thursday

• more rain
• butchered 4 more roosters & froze them

Saturday

• my green egg Ameraucana started laying again today
• made a persimmon pie for Christmas breakfast