Found Dreaming

Next week for chicks to arrive. Got the coop they will spend thier first month in cleaned out and fresh wood chips down. Will build a low wall in the corner to keep them confined until they feather out. There will be 2 heat lamps for plenty of room for them stay warm and space to get away from the l...

Hatch date for chicks is 17th so 6 days from now.

Also have White Midget Turkeys coming next month.

Pictures coming

A shot of the lake with poppy decorating the mountain.

A short haul today but we have some weeks to go to collect a full set. Potted these up into 3" deep cell flats to let them grow out a little before going into the ground.

This is a pretty nice stout. I really like Old Rasputin too.

One of the best brews I have made was a chocolate stout. I used a lot of lactose and it was super creamy.

Norhing you would want ten of but a great change from the IPAs and rice beers.

This was a piece of scrap I ran through the surface planer and rubbed some Tung Oil onto. No sanding. just plane and oil. The Blue Stain and Red Stain I am familiar with, they are caused by a fungus that the beetles carry. I am not so sure about the yellow which was much more striking IRL. Its going...

This meal came together well, the wife made spent grain rolls and I collected some garlic chives from the property. Convict of course is our beef, so named because each is inmate #1, #2 ect...

Maybe later this year the potato, corn and jalapeno will also all be from the property.

This was of course just a quick slap together to get the job done. Proof of concept sort of thing. About an hour or so using just what was nearest to hand. I have been wanting to do some glue up bender board stuff and this circle seems like a great opportunity to work on that. On the mill I can cut ...