The one I got 2/3 of these guys from almost always has nice horses going through, and for decent prices. There's an OK one but their prices are insane and the horses aren't the same quality at all. The one in AR has a really nice looking buckskin mare right now I'd take home if I had more space, but 3 is also my limit and about as much as the pasture can support without being completely scalped. Also, a nice paint gaited mare that is really pretty but a bit stiff in a hip. Some day I'll have more room and probably pick up a couple more horses.
Thanks for the compliments, I take a lot of pride in having well fed animals, along with keeping a mostly tidy appearance. Don't get me wrong, I have my junk piles, but they are hidden from plain view (and full of goodies when I need to scrounge up parts or pieces for projects!). I have a brush pile in the middle of the pasture right now, but the goats are eating down the branches (Cedar tree) and it's too windy to burn it. As soon as we have a nice calm day I will light it up and burn it down to nothing.
So, today's chores: Got up and fed, and ran to town. I needed canning lids and some chicken feed. Now that I'm home, I roasted all the leftover green tomatoes and tomatillos in the oven. We are expecting our first frost on Friday so it was time to get all of that in, green or not. I made salsa verde on the stove and man that stuff is hot! I used some Tabasco peppers that grew reasonably well from the garden. I still have to can it, but it tastes pretty good. I made the mistake of taking a big bite for my taste test and regretted it instantly. I love hot food, but I wasn't prepared for that.
So, I will can that, and then make a run to the grocery store probably tomorrow to determine what kind of jam I'm going to can away. I have vine peaches from the garden to add to it so I should have some good flavors. That just depends on what is on sale since i didn't get fruit this year.
I also have okra I have frozen to be fried up. You can can it as pickled okra, which is great, but there really is only enough for 1 meal so I figured I'd just freeze and use it. I only got 1 plant to come up but it was a good one and got about 4 ft tall.
Once all that is done, we will till up the garden. I am putting weed barrier down for next spring, we just couldn't keep up with the grass this year and everything suffered for it. That should help retain some moisture too, between a month of getting zero rain and the grass, I'm surprised anything grew at all!
We are still picking up pecans from our lonely pecan tree. It made a bunch of them though and they are good!
Feels like the season is coming to an end, with a morning temp of 42 degrees I'm sad to see it go. Then it's just a lull in everything until January when I should have my kidding season start. Well, a lull in those kind of chores, to be replaced with some building chores.
Obviously, Buttercup is going to kid, and Dahlia should too. I'm not sure about Athena, though I know she has been exposed before she got here. My two Nubians have been exposed too but only more recently so I'm going to have kids staggered out from January through March I believe.
