Whatcha Up To???

[w_r_ranch]

We hit a low of of 18 degrees this morning & a high of 39 in the afternoon. Needless to say, we have another fire going.

The garden is toast... everything. I grabbed 3 kohlrabi to thaw out that I hoped to add to our supper, but they turned to mush when they thawed. I'm PO'd.

Prepped/roasted a standing rib roast for our Christmas supper. Tomorrow I'll do the venison backstrap.

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Made cinnamon/pear rolls & they'll do a slow rise in the refrigerator overnight. This is one of our Christmas traditions.

Fed the cattle & put out another roll of hay.

 

[Titus Bass]

19 here this morning.....Looking for a little warming ....

 

[w_r_ranch]

Made the cinnamon/pear rolls in time for breakfast.

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Smoked the venison backstrap & sliced it for snacking on.

Worked on my cookbook for a couple of hours & then spent some quality time with the family.

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[w_r_ranch]

Made bread.

Watered everything in the greenhouse.

Fed the cattle.

Burned the trash/feed sacks.

Refilled the redbird feeders.

 

[w_r_ranch]

Continue spreading fill dirt & pea gravel.

 

[w_r_ranch]

Made vegetable/beef/barley soup out of the carcass of the rib roast.

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Fed the cattle & put out another roll of hay.

Continue spreading fill dirt & pea gravel.

 

[w_r_ranch]

Continue spreading fill dirt & pea gravel ahead of the rain.

Made us some brownies for dessert.

 

[w_r_ranch]

Did the weekly shopping.

 

[Titus Bass]

Ordered a couple of apple a plum and peach trees for this spring.................

 

[w_r_ranch]

Made bread.

Fed the cattle.

Cleaned the asparagus bed & burned all the 'trash'. Then fertilized it, so it's ready to be mulched tomorrow.

The welder & his son got started this morning demolishing the old pen. They then re-drilled the holes for the pipe posts & got the pipe cut to length. They got 7 of the new posts concreted in.

 

[w_r_ranch]

The welder & his son showed up this morning & finished setting the remaining pipe posts. I was surprised that they worked today, given that this is Sunday & a holiday...

R&R batteries in weather station. Also changed them in the thermostat in the guesthouse.

Mulched the asparagus bed. They should start popping up in about a month.

 

[w_r_ranch]

Made a loaf of sourdough bread.

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Fed the cattle & put out another roll of hay.

Went to town to pick up a load of feed.

 

[KsK]

Finally got into the garden to check the results of the cold front almost two weeks ago. i lost 99.9 % of everything. Lettuce,mustard greens,spinach,cabbage,califlour,carrotts etc., all dead. I replanted some spinach,lettuce and mustard greens. My spinach and mustard greens were going to be some of the best i have had in years.

 

[Titus Bass]

Made a loaf of sourdough bread.

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Fed the cattle & put out another roll of hay.

Went to town to pick up a load of feed.

That look great............

 

[w_r_ranch]

Watered everything in the greenhouse & trimmed up the hanging baskets.

Sat on the back porch with Dieter watching the welders work on the pen.

 

[w_r_ranch]

Cleaned the 2 flowerbeds in the side yard, then fertilized & mulched them.

Continued watching the welders build the pen. They are moving right along!!!

 

[Titus Bass]

Headed to Oklahoma tomorrow morning for three days of goose hunting with my son and some of his friends........

 

[KsK]

Trimming low hanging branches and starting my annual cutting of yaupon.

 

[w_r_ranch]

Went to town to get my blood tests for next week's yearly physical.

Fed the cattle.

The welders are almost done with the cattle pen, all they have left is the 2 sliding gates in the chute. Then they will start on the 2 corrals.

 

[w_r_ranch]

Cleaned 2 of the 4 tree/lirope beds in the front yard, then fertilized & mulched them.

The welders fabricated the sliding gates & are in the process of hanging them. One of them is already up & it works slicker than snot!!!

 

[w_r_ranch]

The last sliding gate for the new cattle chute is hung, so the working pen is now complete. The welders started working on replacing the 2 corrals. A lot of drill pipe in these projects, but they will still be here & usable for the next 100 yrs.

Made bread.

Cleaned the last 2 tree/lirope beds in the front yard, then fertilized & mulched them.

Fed the cattle.

We received 0.43" of rain after supper.

 

[w_r_ranch]

We received another 0.79" of rain since midnight.

Made another loaf of bread.

 

[Titus Bass]

Goose hunt was a success.....Had a great time, mostly just spending time with son.....Butt hurt one of the guides, but sometimes the truth hurts.......LMAO........

 

[w_r_ranch]

Went for my yearly physical.

Fed the cattle.

The welders finished demolishing the old corrals & put up a temporary fence around the work area to keep the cattle out. They got the 8 corner posts set.

 

[Titus Bass]

Just found out I have been here 2 years.........Great friends sure make the time fly........