there is a joke here somewhere

Anyone? Anyone?
Ferris........


https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/02/us/axe-truck-explosion-texas/?iid=ob_article_footer_expansion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRcUFvbcWCw

changing of the guard

This spring, we bought ten Buff Orpington chicks to reinforce or laying hen flock. The old hens are starting to slow down, and we've lost a few over time.

Also, Orpingtons are supposed to be a broody breed, meaning they tend to try set and hatch out chicks, which tendency has been bred out of most other breeds. This way we won't have to keep buying chicks each spring.

Turns out one was a rooster, but these things happen. Anyway, the pullets have just started laying.

I imagine the old biddies appreciate the help, but the youngsters are still a bit shy of full capabilities.

The mobil abattoir

Well, I had the best intentions of butchering our own two hogs this fall, but now that it is apparent that there is not enough experienced help able to come help, we have scheduled a butcher to do the deed.

There are a few lockers that maintain a mobile slaughter setup, which means less stress on the animals, and less stress on us, so that's what will happen on Dec. 18.

I didn't realize how quickly they book up, or it would have been sooner. These two porkers will be quite plump by then.

six weeks

Patsy's knee surgery seems to have been a success. They reattached the meniscus to the bone in her left knee on Tuesday. She will be on crutches with NO weight bearing for six weeks, and many weeks after that with further recovery.

Luckily, she had all the tomatoes canned before the surgery, and the remaining garden work is easy stuff for the root cellar or blanching and freezing.

You can just call me Jeeves.