Keepin' On
11/16/07 - 6th Day - After Breakfast. Preparation of the Sabbath. Things here at the ranch are going well. Yesterday I did some work straightening up and re-organizing in the root cellar. We have about another load of lard to can and then we will have pretty well canned 1/2 of the pig we got back from the butcher last month. I don't think I mentioned it, but Luella (the sow we took to the butcher) weighed in at around 500 lbs. and David's sow was over 600! So, Danielle and Tracy started in canning hamburger from the steer we had butchered for Ranchfest. Hopefully by Monday or so we will be able to go back down to 1 freezer and we won't have much in that one.
On the 4th day Liviu and I went into Brownwood and we found a place that sells bulk Kerosene and we were able to refill one of my 30 gallon barrels. I will probably, if the Lord wills, try to fill one or two more in the next couple of weeks. A week ago we were able to refill our empty propane tanks. It was good to have since last night was supposed to be the coldest night yet. It didn't work out that way, as it only got down to 43 degrees or so - but at least we were prepared. I pray that the Lord let's us have the provision to purchase a woodburner pretty soon, because the way fuel prices are going - I can imagine that the purchase of fuel for anything might soon be a thing of the past. Oil hit $94 a barrel yesterday, and the prognosticators are calling for a .20-.30 increase in fuel prices in the next couple of weeks here in Texas. We still haven't had any really cold days or nights. Most of the days have been in the 70's and 80's and I believe they are calling for 72 again today.
Things are going well here in the community, and we hope to have the Ante's back from Iowa in the next couple of weeks. Last Lord's Day we smoked some racks of ribs from the butchered sow for fellowship meal, and I can tell you they were delicious. Usually, around this time of year the store's start putting turkeys on sale for really cheap. Last year we bought a bunch of them for .19 a lb. I know that these are corporate raised industrial turkeys full of junk - but until we start our turkey production (hopefully this coming year) we will stock up on cheap turkey. We smoke the turkeys and can the meat and it tastes delicious. Poultry production is high on my list for the next 6 months since we now have our pork and beef production up and running at full speed. I am hoping to get 300 chickens (or so) and 30-40 turkeys sometime before spring - if the Lord wills.
I posted a three sermon series on BiblicalAgrarianism.com the other day, and I sent out a Q&A Fridays as well. Today, I posted a review of the TV series Jericho.
Hope all is well with you all,
Michael Bunker
On the 4th day Liviu and I went into Brownwood and we found a place that sells bulk Kerosene and we were able to refill one of my 30 gallon barrels. I will probably, if the Lord wills, try to fill one or two more in the next couple of weeks. A week ago we were able to refill our empty propane tanks. It was good to have since last night was supposed to be the coldest night yet. It didn't work out that way, as it only got down to 43 degrees or so - but at least we were prepared. I pray that the Lord let's us have the provision to purchase a woodburner pretty soon, because the way fuel prices are going - I can imagine that the purchase of fuel for anything might soon be a thing of the past. Oil hit $94 a barrel yesterday, and the prognosticators are calling for a .20-.30 increase in fuel prices in the next couple of weeks here in Texas. We still haven't had any really cold days or nights. Most of the days have been in the 70's and 80's and I believe they are calling for 72 again today.
Things are going well here in the community, and we hope to have the Ante's back from Iowa in the next couple of weeks. Last Lord's Day we smoked some racks of ribs from the butchered sow for fellowship meal, and I can tell you they were delicious. Usually, around this time of year the store's start putting turkeys on sale for really cheap. Last year we bought a bunch of them for .19 a lb. I know that these are corporate raised industrial turkeys full of junk - but until we start our turkey production (hopefully this coming year) we will stock up on cheap turkey. We smoke the turkeys and can the meat and it tastes delicious. Poultry production is high on my list for the next 6 months since we now have our pork and beef production up and running at full speed. I am hoping to get 300 chickens (or so) and 30-40 turkeys sometime before spring - if the Lord wills.
I posted a three sermon series on BiblicalAgrarianism.com the other day, and I sent out a Q&A Fridays as well. Today, I posted a review of the TV series Jericho.
Hope all is well with you all,
Michael Bunker
posted by Michael Bunker at 11/16/2007 04:40:00 AM
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