The weather continues to be unusually cold. While it may be boring for others, blogging about the weather gives me a record of unusual circumstances. Hopefully I'll be able to do some tracking of our insane Indiana weather for future comparisons. It's been much colder this fall than usual. At 6pm tonight, our temp with wind chill was 2 degrees and we had more snow falling. It appears we've already had about 3 inches but it is melting somewhat due to ground temps. Low Tuesday night is 14 degrees. Have no idea what the wind chills will be. By Saturday, the high is supposed to be in the 40's and in the 50's by Sunday. Insane!
I'm still in the city due to my sinus infection. Papa, who's at the farm, has not had any luck with his hunting. It has been bitterly cold with sleet and snow. He says the deer are not moving at all that he can tell. He's not hearing any gunfire which means no one else is seeing anything either. Due to recent back surgery, he's decided the better part of valor is to stay inside so there's no chance of slipping and falling.When it finally warms up toward this weekend, it is supposed to rain so our chances of having venison this winter are getting smaller and smaller.
With that in mind, tonight I canned 6 quarts of turkey and another 6 quarts of turkey bone broth. During the days around Thanksgiving, turkeys are usually fairly cheap. This year, one of our grocery chains is selling them for 58 cents per pound with a $20 purchase. That's pretty cheap protein. Hopefully, I will find the time to can another 2 -3 turkeys before they go off sale.We tend to eat more turkey than most due to my chicken allergy. Generally, we just substitute pork or turkey in our favorite chicken recipes. Whenever at least one of us can arrange to be at the farm full time, we're hoping to add some animals. Guinea fowl will be our first addition.
Off Topic: In about 2 1/2 weeks, our great nephew will be in the NBC Live
production of Peter Pan. He's playing John Darling or the boy in the
glasses and top hat. It will be airing on 12/4 and I'm really excited to
see it. His sister has been on several TV shows and in a couple off
Broadway musicals. She has even received several awards for her work. We
haven't been able to visit New York to see our nephew's children perform so this will be special to us. If you get a chance to watch, let me know what you think. Oh, it was announced yesterday that he will
fill one of the major roles in the 2015 spring revival of The King
& I on Broadway. AMAZING!
http://time.com/3589109/peter-pan-live-allison-williams/
God is good. Blessings from our tiny farm.
Mare
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