Anne here, just added this below in the original post:
The girls are fine!! Up at 5am this morning to stir up a chicken porridge on the stove of cornmeal & oatmeal (been iced in since Monday night, twas all I had). They gobbled it up, if I was capable of clear thinking before 3 cups of coffee, I would have taken photos this morning.
Still don't know on the veg. Most winter vegetables can take a fair amount of frozen, but I've never farmed through a spell anywhere near this cold. I use row covers, cold frames, high tunnels, greenhouses. Most winters here can produce a good variety of salad & cooking greens, leeks, beets, turnips, storage radishes, carrots, cabbage, & more for the farmers market .
Everything's been frozen solid for 7 days. I won't be able to tell what's what until things thaw out - maybe sometime late Sat. or Sun. I'm betting on collards (queen of the winter garden), the mulched carrots, & maybe spinach out of the greenhouse. And there's still tons of sweet potatoes in storage. We'll see. If nothing else, it's always a learning experience.
Thank you all so much for all your advice & encouragement.
Now my crazy half-frozen butt wants chicken jokes to decompress. C'mon, find your sense of humor! I'll start with my favorite Foghorn Leghorn quote: “That, I say that dog’s busier than a centipede at a toe countin’ contest”
Anne here, just added this below in the original post:
ReplyDeleteThe girls are fine!! Up at 5am this morning to stir up a chicken porridge on the stove of cornmeal & oatmeal (been iced in since Monday night, twas all I had). They gobbled it up, if I was capable of clear thinking before 3 cups of coffee, I would have taken photos this morning.
Still don't know on the veg. Most winter vegetables can take a fair amount of frozen, but I've never farmed through a spell anywhere near this cold. I use row covers, cold frames, high tunnels, greenhouses. Most winters here can produce a good variety of salad & cooking greens, leeks, beets, turnips, storage radishes, carrots, cabbage, & more for the farmers market .
Everything's been frozen solid for 7 days. I won't be able to tell what's what until things thaw out - maybe sometime late Sat. or Sun. I'm betting on collards (queen of the winter garden), the mulched carrots, & maybe spinach out of the greenhouse. And there's still tons of sweet potatoes in storage. We'll see. If nothing else, it's always a learning experience.
Thank you all so much for all your advice & encouragement.
Now my crazy half-frozen butt wants chicken jokes to decompress. C'mon, find your sense of humor! I'll start with my favorite Foghorn Leghorn quote: “That, I say that dog’s busier than a centipede at a toe countin’ contest”
-Anne
Sorry...auntie Anne! Hmmmm pretzels
Delete2nd favorite chicken joke:
ReplyDelete"What do chickens grow on?
Eggplants!"
Groan. Vegetable farmer humor. Sorry.
-Anne
btw, I'm a sucker for terrible puns :)
DeleteAnne! Congrats!!!! SO glad everything turned out ok. Good job.
ReplyDeleteGirl, glad your hens are well. My own hens were out in the yard today enjoying the balmy 10 degrees!
ReplyDelete~Auntie Mow