Feb. 12 - 18, 2012

Temperature Range:

• lows: 18 - 53° F
• highs: 41 - 63° F

Rainfall: 0.1 inch

Harvested:

• cabbage-collards
• kale
• lettuce

Gathered:

• acorns for the goats

Egg Counts:

• Sun. 5
• Mon. 7 - 1 = 6
• Tues. 9
• Wed. 5
• Thurs. 5
• Fri. 6
• Sat. 6
• Week's total: 42

Observed & Accomplished:
Sunday

• day of rest
• 1st dip into the teens this year
• cabbage collards wilted most from the freeze

Monday

• hauled more logs out of the woods for garden terraces
• completed one more terrace
• caught one of my Barred Hollands eating an egg! It'd better be the only one or she's a goner. 

Tuesday

• wet, chilly, indoor day
• 100% homestead dinner: slow cooked chicken, steamed cabbage collards, baked sweet potatoes, & salad of lettuce, kale, radishes, & pickled, hard-boiled eggs
• made more pickled eggs

Wednesday

• Dan worked on fencing for the blueberry bush

Thursday

• cold and rainy

Friday

• my comfrey order arrived

Saturday

• bought hay
• Dan worked on gate for blueberry corral
• so far, no more egg eating by chickens
• experimented some with wheat threshing
• started raining again around bedtime