― C.S. Lewis
Are YOU a Country Homemaker?
Do you make nutritious meals from scratch, labor in a vegetable garden, or raise livestock? Do you do these things because of the love you share with your family and a desire to provide the best for your loved ones? If you answered yes to any of these questions, than like me, you must be a country homemaker and WE WANT YOU!Please join us Wednesdays and share your pictures, recipes, household wisdom, homemaking tips, barnyard stories, gardening, crafting and DIY ideas with our country homemaking community. Dig in and discover just what's been going on- on the Country Homestead this week?
This week, I have been making steady progress on seedling transplants. My baby chicks are growing F-A-S-T, but I got a good scare a few days ago...
When I finally collapsed it was almost dawn. I assumed she'd be gone when I woke, but to my surprise, she had recovered, was alert, eating, drinking and making lots of poo, She had jumped out of the box I had sequestered her into and was sitting among the others, who were no longer hurting her. Her stools appear negative for coccidiosis as do the rest of them so I think we dodged a bullet, and she had probably gotten too hot or cold at some point. It's been two full days since, and she's still eating and drinking well, everybody appears healthy and they are all getting a tbsp. of my homemade apple cider vinegar per quart of water in their waterers. Apparently, organic apple cider vinegar with the mother in it is supposed to balance the pH of their intestines and help prevent constipation or diarrhea.
Incidentally, I learned how to make my own homemade apple cider vinegar by reading this post HERE on Kathy's blog Moving On To The Past last August. I am so grateful to Kathy. I use my homemade apple cider vinegar for many things around the house...
My Italian honeybees have been doing well so far. I have been noticing pretty magenta colored pollen filling their tiny pollen sacks on most of their return flights this week. The picture above is my second hive, water sealer on, awaiting my trip for another nucleus of bees. That day should come in about 3 more weeks.
Tomorrow, I plan to unpot some radishes, purple carrots, pak choy, cabbage, beets, onions, and broccoli that I started together in 1 gallon pots.
I won't transplant these veggies into 4" pots, they're going right into raised beds.
They've hardened off for more than a week in the greenhouse.
That's what's going on around here. What's going on at your homestead???
I'm glad the vinegar worked out!
ReplyDeleteSo glad the little chick made it. I'll have to look up your resource for homemade apple cider vinegar. Sounds like a handy recipe to have.
ReplyDeletesharon @ mrs. hines class
What a great momma you are! Sweet little thing, so glad she made it! We get a nuc this Friday as well, which will make 4 hives on our property. So excited, I know you are too!
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