Dr. Faust .. er Fauci

It's interesting to read how Dr. Fauci was pivotal in promoting the creation of new human diseases, against the warning of hundreds of scientists, and the funding of the Wuhan lab with our tax dollars.

I don't really like to promote Newsweek after they called the virus "Boomer Remover", but this is a well-written article.

Quick summary Dr. Fauci paid for this virus and authorized ability of the virus to infect humans at the Wuhan Lab. He is vested in the creation of it and must have a hard time not smiling while on camera.It is documented written in several science journals and witnessed by several scientist to this Wuhan lab. You know it is bad when the Russian scientist say it's bad.

The Covid was man made in China, authorized by Dr. Fauci and paid for during the Obama administration.  

I called this one. Man made mess by Dr. Fausti Fauci. Now we wait to see what his exit will be. If he was Japanese it would involve a sword. But with so many sheeple I think Fausti will continue this drama until it no longer serves his interests. As a doctor he has done considerable harm to humans. He is in league with the likes of Josef Mengele.

                                                     

Egg Grenade

Photo taken by Henry Hargreaves

This morning I was again checking on my broody duck and her clutch in the coop. Nothing has hatched in her nest in over a month and the nest is full of eggs. My male ducks are molting right now so the eggs are not fertilized. But I gave the duck the benefit of doubt just in case. This morning I moved mama duck so I could see any hatches. BAM sulfur bomb all over me and the nest and the coop.Gleefully mama duck snatched up the broken shells and ate the sulfur egg. I walked out of the coop covered in egg sulfur. Every fly and vulture in the area moved in to follow the aroma. I still had to plant taro and ginger, while a swarm of flies followed me around the garden. I should know better but I really wanted some ducklings this spring. I will have to shove some duck eggs under a hen instead. The broody hen hatches the ducklings and I raise them indoors, works best on my farm. My ducks are just not good mamas.My hens are great at hatching.

Pleco Me

This is one of two of our remaining fish. Both are catfish including this guy a plecostomus. We have had him for 3 years and he thrived while everything else died or was eaten in our 75 gallon freshwater tank. Thanks to some chemical we added that had gone over and poisoned the tank.

But I digress, this fish looks so cool. He has been at the bottom of the tank for years. But he has gotten bigger and now likes to suck on the side of the glass. So I can see his pretty cool belly patterns.

I miss my outdoor catfish koi pond in Houston, TX. We built this when I was in a wheelchair. So I could wheel around outside and still have fish.

But we did take our indoor tank with us to Missoui. It stayed in storage with the live rock for about 7 years. Then we hauled it into the house and set up fish. We had clown loaches, koi, goldfish and pleco. Gonna tell your right now koi poop a lot. So we got biggest filters and pumps we could for indoor tanks that are quiet. But the koi got too large and they had to be given to a pond owner. Then we accidentally poisoned out tank and everything died over the winter except the catfish. Then our new fish plans all stopped when the virus struck. But these two catfish thrive and our tank is back to normal status. And I get to see fish belly.

Sailing life by real people

Since before the quarantine, my husband and I have watched YouTube videos to learn new things. One day I was was looking for a show about resin work and stumbled upon Project Atticus. Jordan and Desiree and how they worked and restored their boat for years then set sail. I know nothing about cruising nor boating but after watching these two we learned a ton. How they go about budgeting, fixing things, provisioning and meal making and life on the water. And oh the places they go. 

We learned about how to organize every single tool and spare part on your boat and how many and its location in a bin on the boat. Truly admire Jordans organizing skills for a small working living space. 

The fresh cooking Desiree makes on the boat makes your mouth water.

And they travel together and have real life problems most couples have to learn to deal with. And it is not scripted by Hollywood, this is real life on the water in a boat.

The best parts are the sea, underwater, marine life shots. The coral, the dolphins, the rays, the sharks, sunken wrecks and more. They live on the sea and in the sea.

They fish and spearfish to get food. They trade with locals for food and see things most tourist do not see nor do, world culture.

If you have any interest in the ocean and sailing or mechanics this is worth watching. I think one day we just might have to go and try this cruising life for a little while.

If you like sailing life and want to lend them support go here.

If you want to follow them on Facebook got here.

And watch the first episodes so you get to see how they got where they are today. It is a wild ride and lots of hard work. 

China, you so greedy

Today my husband and I were talking about current events and what is going on the world. We have the talks once in a while. I never read the newspapers and we do not have TV. We do both  read on line news and talk to our friends all over the world. So while everyone all over the world is quarantines and worried about money, job and food this is what China is up to.

My husband pointed out that Chinese government is currently buying up every world shipping docks. They own most of Hollywood and are buying up world real estate in the US, Italy and Spain, etc. Buying up every commercial shipping dock worldwide means Chinese government controls what comes in and goes out. Think about that for a moment and what that means for world trade and power. China loves power and control over its people and now soon the world.

You can read more here.

Anyway, I go back to what I do best, planting vegetables and raising poultry. At least I can eat my Chinese crested duck if he gets too pushy.

I can relate

Hurry up and Spring already!

It was two weeks ago I planted all my seeds in our greenhouse. The next day a mouse got in dug out and ate all the seeds. Wire mesh in hand I stapled and meshed any and all parts of the greenhouse and replanted the seedlings. Then the below freezing nights started. I had to shut the doors and double plastic the seedlings. I am still doing this as snow is predicted. I will not bring these into my house. Nope, not gonna do it. Outside they stay. And this is where I am now. I have lettuce, cabbage, tomato, basil, dill, cucumbers and okra growing happily in the greenhouse.

Then I went to put black plastic sheeting on the garden to kill the weeds. I upended 50 billion  wintering red ants all over me and the garden at the same time. Did not care, just kept on pinning the plastic down until it was done. Then I took off my boots, jeans and shirt to shake out all the ants. Only got stung on my feet and waist. The cold made them a bit slow. Next, I put out ant baits to stop this ant plague. They just picked up the blue ant bait disc and threw it at me on my way out the garden. Undeterred, I will spread diatomaceous earth at them next week. I have a garden to set and ants will not stop me.

On another note the lilacs are in bloom. These were planted as a hedge by the previous owner of our farm. They come back each spring. They are pretty but to me smell like moth balls. But the bees love them and visitors love them. I like how they hide our propane tank. I think that is why the previous owners planted them :)

Chickens and Sea glass

Here is useless rooster #3. He is a wuss and runs all over the yard screaming. He is chased by the other two roosters. But he is pretty and easy to find in the pasture. And he is a good back up if anything gets the other two.

Here is the game rooster of our flock. He is sweet, just looks fierce. He has his own flock and he follows the big boy around.

So talking to my husband we decided to increase hatching eggs this year because of possible meat and egg shortages. All the places to buy chicks and hens are closed or not shipping. Hatching eggs via broody hen and maybe the incubator is our next option. I have used the incubator in the past years but it has problems. Electricity, humidity and constant temperature regulating. All that is solved by a feisty broody hen. A broody hens do not lay, she sits on any pile of eggs she can find for 21 days. This means keeping egg count and locations log. And after a hatch I need to put mom and chicks in a cage for a week so the chicks learn the coop is home. Not too soon or she will not hatch out all the eggs. But again a broody hen wins. She raises and feeds the tribe of mini dinosaurs so I do not have to - in my house.

Here is the great grandson rooster who is the boss of my herd. He is a Leghorn, Buttercup with a bit of Seabright in him. He is a very large roo with a sweet disposition. His father was killed by coyotes last fall. His brood mother is the hen below.

This is a game hen I sold six months ago at auction. She flew back to our farm and brought some friends. So we kept her and her buds and added them into our small flock. She has only one good eye as she lost the other to a fight with another hen. Faverolle hens are meaner than game hens. This pirate game hen is now one of the best broody hens.They will fight anything that endangers their chicks. I put 10 eggs under her and she hatched 8. The other 2 eggs I set under a Banty hen to raise. We do not name our birds as we do not want to get too attached. But sometimes they do have a personally that separates them from the rest. If you have time to deal with hen drama Game hens are great. But there will be blood as it is their nature to fight and the hens have spurs.

And when I need to relax from farm life, I watch the Northern Mudlarks on YouTube. They have such fun talking about sea finds. I love the beauty of the sea sounds and the glass they find. Just fun to listen to them chatter away as they hunt down a treasure. I miss the sea and the shore. But am very happy to be here on the farm.

My secret recipe book

 Here are the cinnamon rolls made with hand ground flour made from scratch. The color is a bit darker, but oh the taste is heavenly.

The go to book for home cooking. I bought this binder style cookbook after a friends lent me hers. I did not like the binder pages but loved the recipes. These are really good recipes. Taste of Home by readers digest. You can find this used on ebay.

Here is the one I used to make the cinnamon rolls. 

Making your own flour

So after staying on the farm for a month and no leaving the farm, we ran out of flour. But we brought hard wheat berries before the stay at home order. So I dusted off my wheat grinder and got busy grinding.

 Nice clean berries for flour making

Great vintage wheat grinder very loud but very good at its job. I have to do this outside since flour dust goes everywhere.I had two of these machines but gave the second one to friends living in Africa.

Sweet rich unbleached flour. I miss that smell. I buy yeast in bulk and store in my fridge normally. So we always have the basics on hand. The wheat I store in 5 gallon buckets with an O2 absorbers to keep the berries fresh. When it goes stale I give to the chickens.

yep, wearing ear protection and an apron.

Goodbye Bees, Hello baking

A friends mom was getting into bees. She asked about our equipment. We gathered up the hives and tools and took them to her farm. She is raising bees at her place. We just did not have any luck in this area of farming. She has raised bees in the past and is surrounded by woods.

the queens taking a nap

English muffins from scratch

We have always cooked meals at home. But some things like breads we just picked up at the store. But after the virus hit we stocked up and started making our own. We have not set foot off our farm in over a month. Canned milk and butter and flour. But the flour ran out so I had to grind my own wheat. (see next post about that)

Pancakes and strawberry syrup from scratch

Hot griddle cakes and the extras can be frozen.

Local grown strawberries frozen away from 2016.

Home baking and mask making

Etouffee for dinner before Easter.

Peanut butter cookies from scratch

Mask making and adding instructions.

Time to use up extra fabric for the greater good.

Before the Virus

It was after the virus hit New York that we took our tractor into the repair shop.

They told us it would take 3 weeks but in 1 week it was ready for pick up. So we drove 2 hours away masks in hand and no stops to get the tractor. We got this done before the stay at home order. 

Me before gearing up for spring planting. I got the pantry full and seeds for planting before the SHTF.