Feather your Nest Friday, 4th June, 2021.

This week really went by so fast.   Feathering the nest included a lot of actual nests and chickens!   My new roosters are settling in and some of them are so lovely.   I have three that are like this one,  a very blue/silver colour. 

These are only young.  As they become more friendly I can get more photos.   

We continued working on the run so that the hens in my biggest hen house will have a grassed area to eat down.  When they clear it I will be able to shut a door and let it re grow for a while then repeat the process.    

I was general helper getting the roof part of the run on.  We need things to be fully enclosed here.  

As you can see there is plenty of grass.  This is because the ducks splash around and water ends up down the side of the coop on to this area.   So it is kind of self irrigated!  I can't wait to be able to let them in here! 

My bulk bake for the week was meat pies.  I did some with mashed potato topping that were really nice but not too photogenic!    The ones with an F are for Gluten Free.   I added pies to my easy and ready to go freezer meals. 

I also made Blueberry Muffins.  Some of these went into the freezer as well.

At this stage all I have is fat sheep.  No lambs!  I keep feeding them and they keep getting fatter.  

My niece Allie was moving house.  She has helped me a lot of times so I made lunch for the workers.  I made mini quiches and a slab of chocolate cake.   

Mum gave me two bags of grain for the chickens and saved me her scraps.  

I made a big pot of broccoli soup.   It was good!  Some went to Chloe and I made corn bread as that goes with soup so well.  Sometimes you need something with soup... scones are another good idea.   A toasted sandwich and soup is always nice.  Meals do not have to be fancy to be really good!

In the garden I planted out more lavenders.  My cuttings seem to be looking pretty good. 

 

We had more rain and things are looking nice.  The current forecast shows the next four days are rainy so I hope it is accurate! 

Thanks to Mum I added enormously to my pantry.   I made a list of it all.   22 packets of dried soup mix, 16 cans of fruit,  6 cans of corn,  4 cans of peas,  salt, sugar,  black pepper, mustard and more.  It was so much it took some time to get it all put away.   These were things from my Dad's pantry.  He liked a cook up.  He would be pleased I will be cooking with it all.    I have some of his cookware too which I love.  

Victoria went back into lockdowns.   Everyone seemed to breathe a heavy sigh.  I was immediately worried about my daughter and family who are on that side of the border.    The town I shop in is twenty minutes from the border also.   I was there today.   So many things were unavailable or in very low supply.  Odd things too like bird seed were gone.   More predictable things like long life and powdered milk were so low.   Fresh fruit and veggies were awful.  Packs of meat were low.  I was able to get what I needed with some making do and changes.   

This was on top of the world wide ransomware hack of the meat works.    We all heard of the gas pipeline hack in the US and now this one hit here as well.   It seems so easy to bring a company to a standstill.   So these both give us a reminder to be well stocked and ahead.   

How did you build up your home this week?  How did you add to your pantry or freezer?   I hope opportunities came your way!   Take every opportunity you can to be a little bit more prepared each week.xxx