JacobSpringsFarm:Weekly agenda
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- 1 Monday, 22 February 2016
- 2 Monday, 15 February 2016
- 3 Monday, 1 February 2016
- 4 Monday, 18 January 2016
- 5 Monday, 2 November 2015
- 6 Monday, 26 October 2015
- 7 Monday, 19 October 2015
- 8 Monday, 12 October 2015
- 9 Monday, 5 October 2015
- 10 Monday, 28 September 2015
- 11 Monday, September 21, 2015
- 12 Monday, September 14, 2015
- 13 Monday, September 7, 2015
- 14 Monday, August 31, 2015
Monday, 22 February 2016
- 200 chicks ship monday - get them settled in
- Cleanup plastic and trash
- move bed frames and furniture into woodshed
- potting soil
- plant kale and spinach, and greens in greenhouse
- build chicken pen
- organizing tools
Monday, 15 February 2016
- Potting soil and flats preparation for seeding
- collect and organize the plastic flats
- prepare a trashcan half full of potting mix
- Fill trays, get racks ready to move into barn
- Preparing the chick room:
- Clean out old litter
- Build a plywood skirt around the room
- (to protect the wooden walls from rotting due to contact with bedding)
- Bring in 2" of dry clean bedding such as wood shavings, straw or wood chips
- Plant Sunchokes
- Cleanup plastic and trash
Monday, 1 February 2016
- Inside of barn
- Organize garage
- Get backhoe
Monday, 18 January 2016
- Stockshow!
- New Construction project with Joe. Discuss:
- tree fort
- greenhouse
- taj mahal
- Cellar Door to house
- Eggmobile
- Chicken yard
- Garage/Tool organization
- Tankhouse door
- Urbanite under tank house wall
- Forklift carburator
- Take cardboard to recycle
- Mineral feeder
- Tree order ad
- VanWell nursery - great prices on good-sized trees
- Nourse farms - great prices for asparagus, strawberries, other berries and perennials
- Bee order ad
Monday, 2 November 2015
- oil change tractor
- recycle cardboard
- mineral feeder build
- bunk cow feeder build
- cottage washing machine
- prepare yourselves for turkey slaughter
- laquer door in milking parlor
Monday, 26 October 2015
- cut beef
- sharpen knives
- fix electrical in the barn.
- watch butchering video
Monday, 19 October 2015
- Honey sales
- Repair swather
- Crayfish harvest
- leveling the ground by playground again
- cutting hay, raking and baling
- buy semen for cows
- trash burn
- chicken yard - design/build
- replace window panes: Rankin bay window
sort bundle oak flooring- harvest squash
repoint chimneyretarp hayput up grain- clean up kitchen
- inspect roof leaks
Monday, 12 October 2015
roof reinforcement finish- Honey sales
- Repair swather
- Crayfish harvest
Siding for tank house 1/3 done- leveling the ground by playground again
- cutting hay, raking and baling
- buy semen for cows
- trash burn
- chicken yard - design/build
- replace window panes: Rankin bay window,
cottage bathroom unclog cottage bathtub drainPressure wash south side of barnfix garage door south bay pulleySpread wood chips by farm kitchen doorinstall thermostat into milk cooling chest freezer
Monday, 5 October 2015
milk freezermove pigsroof reinforcement finish- Honey sales
- Repair swather
- Crayfish harvest
- Siding for tank house 1/3 done
- leveling the ground by playground again
- cutting hay, raking and baling
- buy semen for cows
- trash burn
- chicken yard - design/build
Monday, 28 September 2015
- Honey sales
- Repair swather
- crayfish harvest
- Siding for tank house 1/3 done
parts and installandburying of french drain- leveling the ground by playground
- cutting hay, raking and baling
- buy semen for cows
cleanup outside farm kitchen- trash sweep and burn
- chicken yard - design/build
basement cleanup YAY!unload and put away 14 beams from Mihaly
Monday, September 21, 2015
Honey harvest part 3honey marketing- Repairing swather - cutting hay
Put up more grain- Siding for tank house
Beet and apple processingplum processing- crayfish harvest
fix hay tarpmove pigsBring Veronica, Dolly and Walker back from Arvadamove cows/calvesDig big hole and trench for biodigester / french drain
Clean Up and Organization
- Appliance work
- Garage
- Pig pens
Kierstyn
- Walk pastures for trash
Monday, September 14, 2015
- Complete
Food Inventory(Ashley+Andre) update spreadsheet Ashley create drying herbs step-by-step articleAshley make and package tons of burritos!Honey harvest part- Repairing swather - cutting hay
- Put up more grain
Business plan for Bob's propertySiding -cut and organize
Danny
- Cleanup under tree in farm kitchen
work on chicken run cleanout
Harvesting
- Check for apple trees
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Harvest wild plums - harvest bumper crop of tomatoes
Monday, September 7, 2015
Lamb Butcher, CSA week - 13 lambsHoney harvest part 1Put up grain- Organize Garage
- Organize Farm Kitchen
Stock-up Basement freezerPut up some grain- Band Practice :)
- Infrastructure
Monday, August 31, 2015
Move calves to paneled penMove geese to east pastureprepare gate
Final Irrigation of fieldSausage PartyDefrost TuesdayPublicity: the city, Facebook, email
- Fix Swather, mow
- Honey harvest
Fix augersome Grain into binRotate tanks