10/25

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The days have been much warmer. But rain begins on Thursday and with it temperatures will drop 20 degrees.

Yesterday was a long, busy day. Besides doing the birds, and fertigating the garden, rinsing and washing the dishes, we cleaned the house, did more laundry with the Rapid Breather Washer while it's sunny and clothes can dry on the line; we went out to Jamestown to pick up the mower, get a car battery, a 1x2 to replace the bent up curtain rod in the girls' room over the french doors, a new end for the hose to drain the pool, and some R 13 insulation for plugging up northwest facing windows. Then the new curtain rod was installed, I put the new battery in the car and started it up. We also watched THE COLOR OF MONEY in the evening, and late at night went over our Fall List to remove a few noncrucial things and repriortize what needs done in what order.

We're hoping to close soon on the property and get that matter resolved.

We'll wait for rain to take the trip out to Home Depot for insulation for the ceiling. We may also pick up the rebar and electrical conduit for constructing the hoop houses over beds #8 and 9.

Goldie and Rosy were the only birds that laid yesterday and they're the only two who ate some of Kitty's raw chicken. Obviously the protein factor is important, and the birds are not eating the alfalfa pellets, even soaked in milk. It smells, and I would imagine tastes, exactly like grass - and there's still plenty of that available.
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