As Mike, Dara, and Sherri were going to come and help pack seeds today, I ran to the post office to mail seeds early. While I was in town, I stopped at the Tire Shop to pick up the two new tires Will ordered. Since he had to replace the one on the plow truck that had blown while he was plowing snow, it only made sense to replace both. Boy, are truck tires expensive now days!
When they got here, Will went out to start the generator. No dice! It’s got to go to the shop. Fortunately, we always have at least one backup generator handy. Our backup was in the goat barn so Will hauled it out and set it in place. The only problem was it had regular oil in it, which is too thick for winter use. But it did start, warming up the oil so he could drain it and substitute with synthetic oil. We soon learned how much difference running synthetic oil in a generator, in cold weather, makes in starting.
While we were busy packing seeds, Will mounted the two new tires on the plow truck. I will admit, they do look much nicer than the old ones. Gee, I’m thinking they were on the truck when I got it, back in 2006. I guess they didn’t owe us much, did they? Of course, the plow truck is only driven in the winter, off and on, and not even on the road. Insurance is just too much!
My young chickens are starting to lay, off and on. I was really surprised to find an egg on the floor of the coop, with another, the following day. Now I’d better clean out the nest boxes, put new shavings in them and set the ceramic eggs in place to “show” the girls where egg laying is supposed to happen. This winter, we’re going to put a solar light in the coop, on a timer, so we should be getting at least a few eggs a day during the cold weather.
We’ve sure found that on a homestead, there’s always something going on. Or going wrong. Ha ha! It keeps us on our toes and from getting bored. — Jackie
