This weeks preps check-in

Silent Earth said:

Are there any wild goats in the US like you have wild boar and wild horses?

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Yes. There are mountain goats in some western states and in Alaska, as well as big horn sheep.

Danil54grl said:

View attachment 6459 This is Callie with her new babes! It was her first so was impressed that she had twins. . . one looks like her and the other looks like their daddy. Both babies ate well and momma's instincts kicked in just fine. I was also able to start some transplants with some heirloom seeds. Placed on some shelves on the back porch right now since we are having some beautiful weather right now with highs in the mid to upper 70s. Hoping they will all take OK. If so, I will have 24 beefsteak tomatoes, 12 cherry tomatoes, 12 eggplant, 12 swiss chard, 24 green bells, & 12 more cabbage.

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They are really cute! Isn't it a little early to start seedlings though?

Just been out and bought a second Mathews Genesis Pro Compound bow, its the simplest of the compounds with only one cam, and offers good draw length adjustment, let off etc

Brent S said:

They are really cute! Isn't it a little early to start seedlings though?

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Not in my area. First part of April is normal to have everything in here and even if we do have a cool Snap, it doesn't last but overnight and they can get covered for protection. I have rarely seen it get back down in the 30s, not to say it can't happen.

Silent Earth said:

Are there any wild goats in the US like you have wild boar and wild horses?

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Mountain Goat - and unlike the boar and horses, this one is endemic to the U.S.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_goat

Looks like my mother in law

you better not let your missus read that,mate!
she'll use you as target practice for that bow....

DrHenley said:

Mountain Goat - and unlike the boar and horses, this one is endemic to the U.S.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_goat

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I've always known a lot of old goats from the US

Yep. Ain't we two of them?

WGregMiller said:

Yep. Ain't we two of them?

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Some days more than others.... .

Brent S said:

I've always known a lot of old goats from the US

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HEY, I resemble that remark

DrHenley said:

Mountain Goat - and unlike the boar and horses, this one is endemic to the U.S.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_goat

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Ya we have the big horn here just a little North of me.

No preps update. I haven't ordered nor really done anything since December. Snow has set in and we hunkered down and in Winter mode for the most part. It's a lot of cooking eating and drinking.

We ended up going to the feed store so I could get some more seeds for the garden & some more onion sets. Plus since going threw the city stopped by to look at carpet prices because it will need replaced down at the rent property before we rent it out again. It has been raining most of the day and supposed to be again tomorrow. Hopefully I can get the onions in before the end of the week. Hope it dries out soon! A couple of the kids down the road stopped in for a visit & they got to go out and pet critters and we went out in the garden to see what we could harvest. Its muddy out there but they enjoyed helping to pull up the carrots. They always seems interested in what goes on over here and let's faceit, I enjoy having a couple girls come down to teach them things.

Haven't done much for prepping lately either. But I did get the barn wired and now have lights and outlets. For now the barn is connected to its own generator.
Yesterday I met with a builder to start getting quotes for building the house, shop, fur shed/tannery, barn extension and siding on the old hay barn. I'm also researching what I'll need for our solar power system. I checked and the Feds are still offering a 30% tax credit incentive for installation of solar electric systems. I think the State offers a 10% tax credit too. That will be a big help to make it more affordable. 2017 will be another big construction year up here. We should be about 95% completed with everything by next fall.

Well.im in the need of .more lamp oil.in which i rememered a gift card i have.so i'll be getting that today.pluss im thinking of more pint canning jars as well.but gotta check out the price's first.

Thelma had a little buck this morning. She is another one of my new mom's so have been out watching to make sure she is accepting just fine and she seems to be doing OK. Still needs to pass the afterbirth, but that can take awhile for some. This is the two sisters born a couple days ago. . . I just thought this was a sweet picture. I have noticed that Callie tends to pay more attention to the one on the right than the other. She ended up leaving the other out in the rain last night while she and the other sought shelter under the trees. I picked the other up and set her by mom and she went straight to nursing. I ended up staying out with them until about 1 this morning before going in for bed. When I got up this morning, I grabbed my coffee, opened up the front door and could hear Callie in distress calling for her babe. Still in PJs I threw on my boots thinking all kinds of things. . . Did she some how go threw the fence, wandering along the canal, did she fall in the LNVA? Finally found Her by herself sleeping in the barn! I am going to have to watch out for that little one for sure. Apparently Callie needs to go back to mom's bubble world class 101. . . give mom no stress is the first rule and keep track of your babes!!

My weekends have mostly been to keep up with the new boarders. We've got a pretty full stable now, which is great for board income, but just makes a bit more work for me on the weekends. We have our two, plus 5 other horses we are boarding, so 7 in all. I've only really got room for one more (and that's if I put an expansion to the chicken coop....we had a hen get sick, and the others would have killed her...she's all better now, but the others won't take her back...so keeping her in a stall for now...but need to build on to the coop, see if proximity will work).

they are cute..

I'm also researching what I'll need for our solar power system.

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The more I looked, the more I became convinced that propane was simply more cost effective. Especially when you consider the constant wear and tear on batteries and cells.