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Homesteading
10d
Grain Run, Door Lock Job, Shower Bar Grab Bar Install Job, Fungus, Spider, Rain - Thursday
Grain Run, Door Lock Job, Shower Bar Grab Bar Install Job, Fungus, Spider, Rain - Thursday
Yesterday morning I was out of the house before 5am and headed to town for a small load of grain. The traffic was mellow as per the norm at that time of the day, thankfully. I had just 2 barrels to load
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flemingfarm
Homesteading
14d
Grain Run, Sunrise, Utd, Ring Install, New Client, Shitty Dead Car - Sunday
Grain Run, Sunrise, Utd, Ring Install, New Client, Shitty Dead Car - Sunday
It was after 6am when I was on the road yesterday morning headed to town to pickup grain. Not a ton of people on the road made the trip pretty mellow. The twilight was nifty looking to the east. Had 3.5
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flemingfarm
Homesteading
15d
Quick Job, Sapphires, Lunch, Trailer, Greenhouse - Saturday
Quick Job, Sapphires, Lunch, Trailer, Greenhouse - Saturday
Yesterday morning I headed up to my client's again to finish the few things we forgot about on Friday. I hung this picture in her stairwell before helping move boxes of books down the stairs and then got
flemingfarm
Homesteading
17d
Latch/Hole/Deck Job, Heater, Kraken, Hawks - Thursday
Latch/Hole/Deck Job, Heater, Kraken, Hawks - Thursday
Yesterday I had to stop and buy the latch on my way to my job at the rental house downtown. I then installed it once there so the french door would stay closed. The chain just held them together but they
flemingfarm
Homesteading
19d
Tub Spigot Job, Utd SUCK, Fungus Everywhere, Last XC Meet, Kraken, Bird In House - Tuesday
Tub Spigot Job, Utd SUCK, Fungus Everywhere, Last XC Meet, Kraken, Bird In House - Tuesday
Yesterday morning after getting the boys to school I headed to my weekly session which was good and I had a couple good realizations that should help with what will be happening Saturday. After I headed
flemingfarm
Homesteading
20d
Weather, 19 Mile Bike Ride, Xmas Display, Tomatoes, Greenhouse Shutdown, Jobs - Monday
Weather, 19 Mile Bike Ride, Xmas Display, Tomatoes, Greenhouse Shutdown, Jobs - Monday
Our micro climate of the farm seems to be keeping the temps far warmer than the expected lows. Yesterday morning it was supposed to be 32F but ended up at 40F. This morning was to be 25F and is at 30-31F.
flemingfarm
Homesteading
21d
Temps, Grain Run, Gas, Cider Party, Tired, Seahawks Blew It - Sunday
Temps, Grain Run, Gas, Cider Party, Tired, Seahawks Blew It - Sunday
So much for the freezing temps yesterday morning, the storm kept it a lot warmer outside. We only ended up with .05" of rain but any bit helps still. I was rather happy I was not super hung over feeling
flemingfarm
Homesteading
23d
19 mile Friday Group Ride, Bidets and Cameras Installs, Landscaping Shutdown, Rain, Kraken - Friday
19 mile Friday Group Ride, Bidets and Cameras Installs, Landscaping Shutdown, Rain, Kraken - Friday
Went to the group ride yesterday morning and got there early at 5am so I could get a warmup done before the others got there as I was beat already and did not sleep well. OF COURSE we did a big climb up
flemingfarm
Homesteading
24d
Pastries With Parents, 30 Mile Bike Ride, Harvest, Spider, Plant Pulling, Dinner, Skate night - Thursday
Pastries With Parents, 30 Mile Bike Ride, Harvest, Spider, Plant Pulling, Dinner, Skate night - Thursday
Yesterday morning we dropped R at school then took J to school and went in for the Pastries and Parents event before school. Mid morning I went out for a ride and was testing out the new cassette on my
flemingfarm
Homesteading
1M
Session, Teeth, Cassette, Bull, Cross Country Meet, Dinner, Sunset - Tuesday
Session, Teeth, Cassette, Bull, Cross Country Meet, Dinner, Sunset - Tuesday
Yesterday morning I had my weekly session which went good then after I stopped at the Ace to pickup a gallon of bar and chain oil. I then headed to my dentist appointment where I got my new bridge installed.
flemingfarm
Homesteading
1M
Multi Task Job, Hose Bib Issue, Chain Sharpening - Monday
Multi Task Job, Hose Bib Issue, Chain Sharpening - Monday
Yesterday morning I took more tools than I ended up needing to my client's for a list of tasks they had for me. Rather have more than I need than not enough! Changed some bulbs on light strings, fixed
flemingfarm
Homesteading
1M
5K Trail Run, Lunch With Friends, Hawks/Kraken - Sunday
5K Trail Run, Lunch With Friends, Hawks/Kraken - Sunday
We all headed up to 49N yesterday morning early for J's trail run. It's wild being at the ski hill when there is no snow covering, it has a much different air to it. He got signed in by 8:30 then we went
flemingfarm
Homesteading
1M
Spider, Lone Crow Day, Beef, Ice Cream, Distillery, Tree Bucking, Power Meter, Fire, Grilling, South Park - Saturday
Spider, Lone Crow Day, Beef, Ice Cream, Distillery, Tree Bucking, Power Meter, Fire, Grilling, South Park - Saturday
Yesterday morning I saw my window spider had a nice sized moth wrapped up in her web and a bit later I walked by and saw she had gone and hauled it back to her hiding spot to slurp the juices out of. We
flemingfarm
Homesteading
1M
16 Mile Group Ride, Soak, Cat, Gas Cooktop Install Job, Harvest, Spider, Fungus, School Fall Carnival - Friday
16 Mile Group Ride, Soak, Cat, Gas Cooktop Install Job, Harvest, Spider, Fungus, School Fall Carnival - Friday
I went to the group ride yesterday morning and it was pretty chilly. Glad I wore my cycling tights but damn my feet got cold. OF COURSE we went up the nearest steepest climb... I got spanked again and
flemingfarm
Homesteading
1M
23 Mile Bike Ride, Fref, Tree Bucking, Cross Country Meet, Signups - Thursday
23 Mile Bike Ride, Fref, Tree Bucking, Cross Country Meet, Signups - Thursday
Yesterday morning I headed out for a ride once it got a bit warmer and kept it more mellow. As in less hills and more flats. I had a good laugh at the Uhaul truck and the FREF storage. It was a nice day
flemingfarm
Homesteading
1M
Fungus, Shelf, PDC, The Patio, Potatoes, Date Night - Wednesday
Fungus, Shelf, PDC, The Patio, Potatoes, Date Night - Wednesday
Yesterday morning was quite warm compared to the 38F this morning which looks to be more the norm in the forecast now. Much of my day was spent trying to cleanup around the house. Walking back in from
flemingfarm
Homesteading
1M
Rain, 3DP, Session, 23 Mile Bike Ride, Cash Find, Cross Country Meet - Tuesday
Rain, 3DP, Session, 23 Mile Bike Ride, Cash Find, Cross Country Meet - Tuesday
Woke to the other smaller shelf being done on the printer yesterday morning. Nicely I just had to resize a model I had saved to make the shelves. I just have to cut one from wood today for the middle shelf
flemingfarm
Homesteading
1M
SpaceX, Cold, Cat, Apples, Medicine Cabinet, Dentist, 3DP - Monday
SpaceX, Cold, Cat, Apples, Medicine Cabinet, Dentist, 3DP - Monday
Woke up in time yesterday morning to watch the Starship launch. It was pretty damn cool to see the Pez dispenser, (their name for it) that popped out the V3 Starlink satellites one at a time from a port
flemingfarm
Homesteading
1M
Rest Day, Seahawks, Bucking Trees - Sunday
Rest Day, Seahawks, Bucking Trees - Sunday
My week caught up to me and I was not feeling like doing much yesterday. It was a lazy morning as it was 33F at dawn, but it warmed up to the mid 60s. Thankfully the plants on the deck weren't worse for
flemingfarm
Homesteading
1M
Harvest, Chewelah Fall Fest, Pepper Challenge, 2 Loons Distillery, Date Night - Saturday
Harvest, Chewelah Fall Fest, Pepper Challenge, 2 Loons Distillery, Date Night - Saturday
Was out in the greenhouse yesterday morning and picked some of the last cucumbers along with some nice peppers and more tomatoes. Rolled the side down to keep heat in for last night which got to 33F. Before

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