Homestead Happenings for Sept 1, 2023 - Ep 788

Winter is coming even though it is not fall. T is stressed out right now. Time to audit infrastructure, water, firewood, feed hay for the sheep and goats, wood chips and more.

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Forage

• Shake the Paw Paw Tree
• Watercress is back
• Mullein Seeds
• Oyster mushrooms
• MInt and other herbs are still with us but the time is soon that a frost will come

Livestock

• Pregnant Ewe
• Male sheep are settled here - trying to eat bark of fodder trees
• Baby Ducks going outside of the chicken tractor for the first time today 
• Chicken Eggs should start soon
• Max fd around and found out
• About time to breed rabbits

Harvest Meals

• Saute with wild mushrooms
• Holler Stew 
• The Pork Tenderloin thing

Grow

• Lettuce has germinated
• Fall beets look sad
• Still getting beans and tomatoes off the garden but they are slowing down
• First brussels sprouts harvest ever
• Time to start prepping the garlic patch for the year
• Peppers are very slow, unlike former years
• Tomato horn works and other caterpillars have arrived (WHy and what we are doing about it)
• Planning to just maintain the lettuce patch into the fall as things get super busy here

Holler Neighbors/Community

• Tested a prepper game: WROL
• Traded coffee for eggs

Infrastructure

• Getting ready to work in Nashville on drywall next week we could not find anyone to do work there so it is up to us
• Staining tajmaholler
• Rabbit redo starting

Finances

• Started the new tracking system: meeting post errand run as a policy, spreadsheet, immediate reimbursements. 

Make it a great week!

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Community

• Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
• Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
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Advisory Board

• The Booze Whisperer
• The Tactical Redneck
• Chef Brett
• Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

• Membership Sign Up

• Holler Roast Coffee
• Harvest Right Affiliate Link