We are going to be doing some straw bale gardening, coddling my horse and his heart murmur along to help out with fertilizer manufacturing and when we can get another shed and fence built I'm going to get 2 goats, then we will turn the old donkey stall into a veal calf pen and have meat and milk on site and we have to burn and re-build the chicken coop due to a dreadful infestation of rats. Then I'll get more chickens.
So next year is going to be a busy year. I will also raise chevon (neutered male goat) if I can get it, very like lamb only leaner.
The house is slowly coming apart, next up is the center of the front room ceiling and from the front door eastward to the kitchen wall, where I have to take down my food cupboards.
Wiring first though and I'm hoping to have that done by late Spring. New fuse box and lots more plug ins and maybe even a generator if I can save enough $--and I want a water tower too for gravity fed water if the power and generator are out, and if I put a wood burning cookstove in the kitchen I can have a water jacket.
Also, having the wood heater in the basement only keeps the bedroom TOO warm, so I'd rather have a cookstove in the room we use most and sleep on the couch. (and cook an overnight meal in the oven for breakfast!
Cheers
Lois
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