Well now that the new year is upon us, I thought I would take time to reflect on what has happened at Bent Willow Ranch since my last post in July '08 (lazy, lazy me).
CHICKENS: We had lots of success with the chickens. In fact, by the end of the summer, we were up to 20 eggs a day! We lost three girls, Iris, Fern and Dom Perignon, to heat. The remaining girls stood up to the heat, ate lots of bugs picked out of the garden and helped us create quite a nice little niche in the Free-range egg business. We are now an officially licensed egg producer and just got a 100 from the Health Dept. last month! My OCD is paying off!!!
Winter came and the girls began to molt and stop egg production. I told everyone that they had sent their feathers off to Land's End to try out as Covergirls in the Down Comforter issue.
Now that the days are getting a little longer, they are beginning to amp up egg production again. Martha beware, we are gaining ground!!!
GARDEN: Our garden made several bushels of beans and okra and a few tomatoes and melons. We relied on our neighbors for the rest. We had bushels of apples from our apple tree and even some wild cherries that we made into flavored vodka.
CABIN: We got a nice new green steel roof for Christmas. It officially makes the house look like a Lincoln Log Cabin.
CHICKENS: We had lots of success with the chickens. In fact, by the end of the summer, we were up to 20 eggs a day! We lost three girls, Iris, Fern and Dom Perignon, to heat. The remaining girls stood up to the heat, ate lots of bugs picked out of the garden and helped us create quite a nice little niche in the Free-range egg business. We are now an officially licensed egg producer and just got a 100 from the Health Dept. last month! My OCD is paying off!!!
Winter came and the girls began to molt and stop egg production. I told everyone that they had sent their feathers off to Land's End to try out as Covergirls in the Down Comforter issue. 
Now that the days are getting a little longer, they are beginning to amp up egg production again. Martha beware, we are gaining ground!!!
GARDEN: Our garden made several bushels of beans and okra and a few tomatoes and melons. We relied on our neighbors for the rest. We had bushels of apples from our apple tree and even some wild cherries that we made into flavored vodka. 
HUNTING: Jay, the boys and friends killed about 150 doves, 9 does and 5 bucks this year.
CABIN: We got a nice new green steel roof for Christmas. It officially makes the house look like a Lincoln Log Cabin.
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