Archive for November, 2006
November 30, 2006 – Thingamajig Thursday #51
Here’s this week’s “Thingamajig Thursday” entry. Also check out last week’s answer. As always, put your guess in a comment below. Answer… This the edge of an insulating foamboard (Rboard). one year ago…the computer was down and crashed.
November 29, 2006 – Dormer Done Outside!
The handy man from Two Friends Farm finished up the outside of the dormer today. We still have the older, smaller dormers to side, but the big new one is done on the outside. I am a very happy boy that I will never have to crawl up there to paint again. I’m not happy ...Read more.
November 28, 2006 – Blast from the Past!
We were rummaging through some deep storage the other day and Claire ran across this newspaper featuring her father’s photo on the front page! It shows me with the trophy for the “Ugliest Truck Contest” at the Central Iowa Fair in 2002. I inherited this truck many years ago from my father and it had ...Read more.
November 27, 2006 – Same Old…
Not much new to report. I’m beginning to sound like a broken record. Today I moved the scaffolding to the north side of the corn crib and started working over there. About 8 hours of climbing up and down, lifting and dropping – a good tired at the end of the day. It was a ...Read more.
November 26, 2006 – South Side Sided
I spent most of the day cutting and putting up siding with Linda’s strategic help. I was pleased to finish this side! Emma thought it was pretty funny when I’d call Linda on the cell phone from up on the top level of scaffolding to help hold a piece or retrieve a fresh battery pack. ...Read more.
November 25, 2006 – Corn Crib Siding
Now that the scaffolding is no longer needed on the house, we moved it to the corn crib. We previously put new metal on the roof, one side, and parts of two other sides. Now we can work on the high part on the ends. It sure beats climbing up and down a ladder with ...Read more.
November 24, 2006 – Working off the Feast
There’s nice park nestled within the city limits of Rochester, MN called Quarry Hill. There are ponds, nature center, old quarry relics, caves, lots of fossils, and a huge unmarked cemetery. Not many November 24 days when shirtsleeves are appropriate attire in Minnesota! Here are the kids after the hike up to the top of ...Read more.
November 23, 2006 – Thingamajig Thursday #50
Here’s this week’s “Thingamajig Thursday” entry – a special holiday thingamajig! Also check out last week’s answer. As always, put your guess in a comment below. answer… This is a “turkey cookie” made by the kids. one year ago…
November 22, 2006 – Way too Gross for Me!
Never one to pass by a better and creative way to feed animals, I was intrigued with the post on the “whizbang chicken plucker” Yahoo group – a place where many people with small flocks of chicken post questions, problems and answers. I’m able to pick up a few things here and there on this ...Read more.
November 21, 2006 – Thanksgiving Turkey
Here’s one of our thanksgiving turkeys. Today was the day they went to the locker – so they are fresh for Thanksgiving. It was a rough start to the turkey season – first 10 of 15 of the poults arrived dead from the hatchery this summer. As the replacements weren’t sent for a month, we ...Read more.
November 20, 2006 – Iowa Organic Conference
Today was the Iowa Organic Conference in Ames. I helped man the Wholesome Harvest booth and got to talk to many producers looking for markets for their meat. I was heartened that the director of the Iowa Organic division within the state department of agriculture requested as addition of four staff positions to the staff, ...Read more.
November 19, 2006 – Auction Goods
The biggest (and heaviest) item we bought at the auction was this big bale spear for $55.00. We also got a pile of hog panels for $22.00. A group of wooden folding chairs for $6.00. An old doghouse for $2.00 (this saved me from having to make one for Maizie this winter!) Other buys included ...Read more.
November 18, 2006 – Auction
Today I was able to get to a farm auction. It was a complete farm auction – household and farm – they even sold the house! Since there was lots of stuff, I stayed all day, Linda most of the day, and the kids about half the day. There was a big collection of firearms, ...Read more.
November 17, 2006 – Fruit Tree Problems
This year, a number of our fairly new peach trees developed wounds on the south side of their trunks. While I was at the Small Farm Conference I spoke with someone from the Missouri experimental fruit station after a grafting workshop who told me to paint the south sides of the trunks white because the ...Read more.
