Well, the update is that yesterday I pulled all the taps out of the trees and washed everything up for next year. This was a fair year for making syrup. We made over a gallon. That will last us most of the year. We lost a few batches to over cooking. Burnt them on the big cooker at night. We have decided not to cook over night any more. We will just start anew in the morning from now on.
I've started a worm farm as noted in another post. The worms seem to be OK, but some like to crawl up on the lid and on the sides, and that makes me nervous. I have read where they will climb out and leave if the conditions aren't right. There are some who have posted that it is normal for a few renegades to be adventurous. I suppose that is who they spread through out the earth. As far as I can tell the worm farm is in good condition. If anything, I may have too much food in there, or maybe not enough paper. I think it will be all right. I think I am just a nervous farmer .
I have been building raised beds from scavenged lumber out of trash dumpster that were pallets in the "before life". I need to go get some dirt today and fill one of the beds I just built. It is about 2x8 feet, so it should not take much dirt to fill it. I do not know yet what I will put in there, maybe lettuce, or spinach, or carrots, or a combo of all 3.
My little seed starter that we made from a turkey roasting pan from WalMart is working very nicely. Most of the seedlings are all ready up, and hardly a week has passed.I've got a few seeds that I hope were tomatoes from last year, but I am not 100% sure of that. I guess we will see soon.
Nyle has been sick with fever and cough and sore throat. Owen seem a little cranky today too. It is that time of the year.
Well that's it for now got to go. Oh, one more thing, I am thinking about getting a few chicks to raise again. Jen will love that!
