My 2010 wishlist - Page 2

[zjande]

Originally Posted by wendybird

Lol, a book by me! I actually would like to do a book in pictures, it would be hilarious!

I did put dreads in, and am loving the freedom of them. I don't know if this link will work http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...00000214808330 but there they are. Surprisingly even alot of the conservative members at church like them. I feel like they help my outside match my inside.
Ack, sorry so wordy, 5 kidlets have chicken pox and it snowed like crazy so I am a little stir crazy. :P

I love the pictures! Thanks for sharing them. Your dreads look great. We had the pox recently, too. At least we can be grateful now that all our poxy kids have built up an immunity against the pox now. Hooray fabulous immune systems!

Well, today I am diving in & learning to use that new meat grinder/sausage stuffer of mine. I hope it works out!

Sihaya, ! I want to add something to my goals list for the year! That I get to read a perfectly lovely birth story written by Sihaya! (we were in the dec07 ddc together)

[gothnurse3]

We got a meat grinder and LOVE it. I have a super recipe for gyro sausage (greek meat)....oh.my.stars. Let me know if you want it.

[gothnurse3]

Originally Posted by Sihaya

Jumping in a little late. Didn't see this thread until today.

• Put an herb garden where the square foot veggie garden was last year on our deck.
• Expand veggie garden and put it on the actual ground, hopefully well-protected from deer, bunnies, and the like by electric fence.
• Start planting berry patch, still need to decide where to put it and what to grow.
• Need to see if existing grapevine can be salvaged, or if it needs to be torn down.
• Need to build at least 3 more chicken tractors, and some rabbit hutches.
• Also need to decide where to keep the rabbits and clean/prep that building/space.
• We're getting 18 day-old chicks of various breeds in March to complete our laying flock and two batches of 25-30 meat chickens each (freedom rangers) in the summer to stock the freezer.
• Still need to decide when to get meat rabbits, how many of which sexes, and what breed(s).
• Want to start canning things (esp pears from our pear tree and crab apple jelly from our crab apple tree).
• Need to get an extra freezer and freeze food (fruits, veggies, meals, stock, etc.) for storage.
• Want to look into a 72-hour kit and car kit and other survival essentials. The survivalism sites, forums, blogs, and mindset in general freak me out, but I would like to try to get prepared without making myself paranoid.
• Try to dry clothes on the line more. It just takes so much time away from other things that I got out of the habit, even when the weather was good for it.
• Need to work on building up a good supply of wood during the summer and fall so DH isn't cutting wood every weekend all winter to keep us warm.
• This thread reminded me of the poor neglected compost pile that probably needs to be moved closer to the garden and definitely needs to be added to more often.
• Also need to come up with a solution for garbage using a combination of burning, recycling, and compost, so we don't have to pay to have our own trash taken away. Trust me, we have enough of other people's garbage that we will have to pay to have hauled away
• I would love to get a barn cleaned out this year, any barn (we have 7-8, depending on how you count). Of course, I define "cleaned out" as getting rid of everything in it and DH defines it as moving half of the crap into another barn and leaving the rest in the yard for a year
• Speaking of yard, a lawn mower would be nice. Since we have three acres and all.
• Biggest wish of all: to get pg and give birth in 2010

I pray that you too have a healthy pregnancy and baby in 2010.

[Sihaya]

Originally Posted by zjande

Sihaya, ! I want to add something to my goals list for the year! That I get to read a perfectly lovely birth story written by Sihaya! (we were in the dec07 ddc together)

Oh, zjande Thank you! If only we could share a DDC again. Maybe our timelines will meet again, perhaps when I'm on #3 and you're on #7

Originally Posted by gothnurse3

I pray that you too have a healthy pregnancy and baby in 2010.

Thanks so much!

[GardenStream]

Originally Posted by gothnurse3

We got a meat grinder and LOVE it. I have a super recipe for gyro sausage (greek meat)....oh.my.stars. Let me know if you want it.

I would like that gyro sausage recipe.

[Chicky2]

Originally Posted by atobols

I would like that gyro sausage recipe.

me too!

My 2010 wish list:

1) Redo the horse stall into a nice goat stall w/a hay storage loft.

2) Have weather that doesn't ruin my 900 onions! Last year they stopped growing in June when it got hot, then it cooled down and they grew 2 more layers and then we pulled them. Fine and dandy until 2 months later they start to rot where they grew the first skin.

3) I want my tomatoes to do better so I can can them!

4) Run electricity (underground already!) out to goat barn and more juice to rabbitry so dh can install a 2ton a/c unit.

5) Add to the asparagus patch.

6) Find a source for dwarf fruit trees and plant a small orchard.

7) Forage twice as many berries and fish lots more!

8) Rent log splitter again, and look into buying one!

9) Buy woodstove and get installed.

10) Build wall for my dd's new bedroom.

11) Foster more peace in our home.

[Momma2DoubleCuties]

My 2010 wishlist would consist of

1) Transform our front yard into more garden!

2) Have another successful home water birth and have a...girl maybe???

3) Get 2 more chicks to add to our 3 laying hens

4) Have successful fruit trees, more fruit then last

5) Put up more food with being largely pregnant and barefoot for the winter

6) Possibly grow meat chickens in our backyard vs. at my moms farm

7) Get a good stock pile of wood so we can solely use the woodstove for heat

8) Learn more about herbs and wild gathering

9) Get more organized and enjoy how blessed I am to have the ability to possibly do all the above