Goals for 2014
I see homestead goals on lots of pages, so why not join in
and put up a few of my own!
Goals:
1. Finish selling the prairie hay and brome bales
from our pasture. We had a bumper crop
of hay this year thanks to the unreal amount of mid-summer rains that we
received. We usually do good to get one
cutting out of our 20+ acres of grass, but this year, we could cut the brome
along the landing strip early and it caught back up with the rest of the grass
and we got a 2nd cutting in August.
We ended up with 18 bales of brome and 41 bales of prairie hay. We usually average 22-25 bales. We were excited to get double that this year!
2. New (to us) panels into the barn for the 4-H
lambs. We bought some WW panels at a
consignment auction a couple years ago and they still aren’t in the barn. They had some damage that needed fixed with
the welder, but now that it’s done, we need to get them installed. My hubby helped get the ball rolling by
removing the panels that were already there.
Now, we HAVE to get the new ones in before the sheep show up in
April.
3. New chicks for the
flock. I have a conglomeration of old
and older birds. I have one bird that is
a cross between a Silver-Laced Wyandotte and a Buff Orpington that I’ve had for
almost seven years. I know she is just a
pet now and had quit laying several years back.
I just don’t have the heart to do her in or put her in the stew pot.
4. New clothes
line! When we moved to our little farm,
we had one of the breeze catcher types that would spin in the breeze. It didn’t last more than a couple of years
though. It was old and had been damaged
at the base years ago.
5. Build a floating dock
for the pond.
6. Build a forge for our
son. He has taken an interest in blacksmithing
and really wants to get one made to start trying it out.
7. Lose weight-I know, cliché
on the goals list, but so far, we are sticking to it. Both my hubby and I are doing it, together,
so it’s not so bad-at least not yet. We
are 5 days into it and I feel like my arms are about to fall off!
8. Learn to can more
types of veggies. I have green beans and applesauce down and learned to do
pickles this last summer. Now it’s on to
carrots, potatoes and maybe some other types to be determined.
9. Make my own whole
wheat flour. My grandma used to grind
her own. My mom has her old mill, but it
needs some repairs before it’s operational again.
10. Sew more clothes for myself and my
daughter.
These are just a few of my goals for 2014. I think there will be more added as the year
goes on. We are trying to learn more
each year so we are ready for just about anything.
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