It doesn’t seem possible, with temps in the high forties and the sun shining brightly above, in a blue sky, but yes, they are forecasting a storm warning for us tomorrow. The amounts of snowfall vary from source to source, anywhere from 4 inches to 10 inches and blowing snow too. That’ll be all day tomorrow. So, we’re trying to get ready as well as trying to get ready to host Thanksgiving dinner for family.
Will went out and cut a big load of dry poles for more firewood and got that hauled up. We’ve put extra big round bales in with the cows and calves, so we don’t have to go out during the storm or Thanksgiving dinner. Now, it’s just pick up this and that as this snow will probably still be on the ground, come April and anything left out will remain buried for the whole winter.
We were worried, as yesterday, some of our cows had clear, snotty noses, often the first sign of shipping fever. But this morning, only a couple had just a bit of yucky noses, and were acting fine, eating and moving around normally. We are very grateful for that!
I added a little more straw to my two stock tanks (with leaks) that I planted our garlic in, as after a while, it packs down. We’ve been having rain, so that garlic is all nestled down and ready for winter. I’m already planning for spring! Of course, I’m starting to get seed catalogs in the mail and am horrified at the price of everything. It seems that the big companies get quite a bit of their seed from foreign countries and the tariffs are hitting them hard. Thank God we grow most of our own seed and no tariff! We saw some sweet corn seed for more than a hundred dollars a pound! Holy cow! But then, the stores often sold sweet corn, by the ear, for a dollar an ear this past summer. I just couldn’t ever do that.
Likewise, we saw beef, in the store today, for $18.70 a pound. For sirloin steaks. I was afraid to see what the T-bones were. We came home and kissed our cows on the nose, snots and all.
I’m gearing up for cooking Thanksgiving dinner, making sure I write everything down. I sure don’t want to forget the deviled eggs out on our “refrigerator” porch, like I almost did last year. Wednesday is the big get-everything-ready day, with a lot of the dessert baking done then. That frees up Thanksgiving for the turkey, potatoes, and green bean casserole, plus squash. I’ll be using both ovens, the propane stove and the wood range. So very nice!
I dropped off an extra donation for our local food shelf plus another few bucks for the Salvation Army. There are a lot of folks who could use a little boost up for the holidays. — Jackie
