The wonderful life the Lord Jesus has blessed us with

Apr. 8, 2008

Getting Busy on Spring Days

"RecyCOOP" Here's our "state of the art" chick coop made almost strictly from recycled pallets.  We try to save money anywhere we can (a penny saved, is a penny earned, right ) and a good way to save is to use recycled materials when possible.  Estimated cost of coop:  2.00 (for screws and nails)  The coop has two sides. One side for our Rhode Island Reds (5), Barred Rocks (5), Buff Orpingtons (6), Red Sex-links (5), and Americaunas (16) and the other side for the Cornish Rock broilers that we will butcher in about 4 weeks.  The reason the Cornish Rock broilers have to have a separate side is because they have a special feeding schedule due to their rapid weight gain in a short amount of time.  They are not allowed feed for 12 hours each day so they won't gain toooo much weight toooo fast.  If they were to gain too quickly, they would be at risk for heart attacks. "Need the oil changed on the ol' bus???  Get the 10 year old to do it!" Pappy announced to the boys that it was time for one of them to change the oil.  He was actually talking to the older boys, but Son3 was the one that started gathering all the needed items.  He wanted to do it by himself.  He's done it before with Pappy's help and he was sure that he could do it by himself.  Sure, why not?  Pappy had him tell him each step just before he went to it, so he basically did it all by himself. He did a great job!  Praise the Lord.  It is such a blessing to see my young men growing up. "Our 20.00 solution" In order to save space, Pappy, Son2, Son3 and I built this really nice loft bed for Big Sis to go over Baby Girls' bed.  We opted to use new wood because it looks nicer, it's easier to work with for this type of project and it was still inexpensive.  We estimate this project to have cost about 20.00, athough we only actually spent about 12.00 because we already had some of the materials that we needed to make this job a smashing success.  Big Sis just loves her new loft bed! "Mulching the garden" We were praying that the Lord would provide us with plenty of hay or straw this season for mulching and that he did!  We are truly thankful for this wonderful gift!  "Son3's Squarefoot/No Work organic garden" Son 3 has been re-reading both Square Foot gardening (SFG) and the No Work Organic Garden (NWOG) in his spare time.  He decided to try to plant a couple of things early using the advise he read in the NWOG book.   He planted seedlings (beans, I think) that he germinated inside a couple of weeks ago and mulched them well.  We'll see how his little experiment turns out.  He also intends to use some of the techniques he learned from SFG a couple of years back, namely, close space growing. Well, that's all for now!  Love to you all in the name of Jesus!

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