Post by beelady on Sept 15, 2008 19:51:59 GMT -5
bella and i are getting along great.. she loves her apple slices..
thinks .. im her baby as she will do her little moos at me when i come out.. either that or she wants more food.. lol
im handfeeding the calf as i still think he was the instigator on her mastitis.. not taking chances. the one quarter will always be hard to milk out i think.. but its getting softer.. this morning i got up late .. feeling ill.. so didnt milk her till 8-830 sigh.. normally 7..
so nothing bad there. milked her about 630-7 tonight.. and i got 19 pounds of milk..(finaly found my dairy scale) do ya think thats pretty good?
no new picts yet..
hands are getting stroner milking her but sometimes.. they get weak. cant figure that out. its like all of a sudden .. i have no muscles.. i do have arthritis.. so maybe im pinchin a nerve.. pth. not one to complain too much about that lol..
but i wil complain about the damed mud! ack.. i dont have a inside milking parlor yet.we are retrofitting the garage soon as a mini barn.. cant come soon enough for me! i actually milked bella in the pouring rain 2 milkings in a row.. sigh. i was soaked.. but i did it. and she was happy with her grain.
im going to have a talk with my farrier friend.. to see if i cant get him to bring his portable wood shoeing stocks down.. so we can get bella in it to trim her feet.. it has a belly sling and works well on mules and other critters..
the weather has turned cold.. not normal.. i cant tell if we are gona have a harder winter for this or a softer one.. farmers alminac says.. get ready for the big one.. lol.. soo we got wood stocked up.. im diggin up the orange trees tomorow.. i brought in my orchids.. i have 20 different plants.. most rescued from walmart when they were price droped no blooms and no roots to speak of lol.. i can grow just about anything.. the chicks are hatching.. what was i thinking! sigh. im a "chick" magnet.. lol..
kidding but still .. im not sure wherei will put them for the growing period.. i already have young poults in the growing pen.. outside.. hmm.. might have to find the rabbits a new cage.. heh..
made applesauce canned it.. yum.. got more apples.. not sure what to do with them all.. got so many honeydew that im over stocked.. same with the orange watermellon.. i had a volentier bushelgourd come up from the year befores plant.. that ithought never had one.. so now i have a ton .. of grourds.. the new cherry trees grew like crazy.. i also have moon and stars watermellon.. that took off... the horses need worming.. gona have to do that first frost.. need to cut down a couple trees one dead the other going to be.. as soon as i cut it down lol.. actually its a half dead hickory.. and ill useit to bbq and smoke meats.. frined had given me a piglet a month ago.. already doubled in size.. i have a pig house for it. so december or jan-feb he will go meet his maker.. and join the deer in the freze..
pumpkins did good.. gotta figure out how to can them.. bake scrape can? ..
o anyone have a recipe for canning milk? or making your own condenced or sweetened milk"? i would like to put some away for emergencies... and general cooking.
thinks .. im her baby as she will do her little moos at me when i come out.. either that or she wants more food.. lol
im handfeeding the calf as i still think he was the instigator on her mastitis.. not taking chances. the one quarter will always be hard to milk out i think.. but its getting softer.. this morning i got up late .. feeling ill.. so didnt milk her till 8-830 sigh.. normally 7..
so nothing bad there. milked her about 630-7 tonight.. and i got 19 pounds of milk..(finaly found my dairy scale) do ya think thats pretty good?
no new picts yet..
hands are getting stroner milking her but sometimes.. they get weak. cant figure that out. its like all of a sudden .. i have no muscles.. i do have arthritis.. so maybe im pinchin a nerve.. pth. not one to complain too much about that lol..
but i wil complain about the damed mud! ack.. i dont have a inside milking parlor yet.we are retrofitting the garage soon as a mini barn.. cant come soon enough for me! i actually milked bella in the pouring rain 2 milkings in a row.. sigh. i was soaked.. but i did it. and she was happy with her grain.
im going to have a talk with my farrier friend.. to see if i cant get him to bring his portable wood shoeing stocks down.. so we can get bella in it to trim her feet.. it has a belly sling and works well on mules and other critters..
the weather has turned cold.. not normal.. i cant tell if we are gona have a harder winter for this or a softer one.. farmers alminac says.. get ready for the big one.. lol.. soo we got wood stocked up.. im diggin up the orange trees tomorow.. i brought in my orchids.. i have 20 different plants.. most rescued from walmart when they were price droped no blooms and no roots to speak of lol.. i can grow just about anything.. the chicks are hatching.. what was i thinking! sigh. im a "chick" magnet.. lol..
kidding but still .. im not sure wherei will put them for the growing period.. i already have young poults in the growing pen.. outside.. hmm.. might have to find the rabbits a new cage.. heh..
made applesauce canned it.. yum.. got more apples.. not sure what to do with them all.. got so many honeydew that im over stocked.. same with the orange watermellon.. i had a volentier bushelgourd come up from the year befores plant.. that ithought never had one.. so now i have a ton .. of grourds.. the new cherry trees grew like crazy.. i also have moon and stars watermellon.. that took off... the horses need worming.. gona have to do that first frost.. need to cut down a couple trees one dead the other going to be.. as soon as i cut it down lol.. actually its a half dead hickory.. and ill useit to bbq and smoke meats.. frined had given me a piglet a month ago.. already doubled in size.. i have a pig house for it. so december or jan-feb he will go meet his maker.. and join the deer in the freze..
pumpkins did good.. gotta figure out how to can them.. bake scrape can? ..
o anyone have a recipe for canning milk? or making your own condenced or sweetened milk"? i would like to put some away for emergencies... and general cooking.