June??!!

I've missplaced May! It totally slipped through my fingers! At my age you just can't afford to lose a whole month! So, I'm going to make up for it by double-timing June! TA-DA!

This weekend will be garden, garden, garden. Have to have the meat chickens butchered...I only have four and I REALLY thought I could do it...but it ain't gonna' happen...but I really can't bear to watch those little Frankinchicks much longer with their weird heads and HUGE bodies...there should be a LAW! So, from now on, only HERITAGE *open-pollinated* meat chickens for me. My hens should be happy to see the buggers go...they have been totally freaked out since I decided to let the creepy little guys free-range to have better "quality of life" before the ax dropped...yeah my husband even caught me pushing them in the stroller to the front of the yard....Look I have a huge yard and now that they can barely support their weight on their screwed up legs I thought maybe they'd like to keep me company while I pruned the roses in the front of the house. I'm 56, give me a break!

TO DO LIST: Make Laundry Soap (A First!)
Butcher Chickens
Bake: Bread Paula's Tart Angel Food Cake (A First...Scratch)
Pretzels and Brioche
Dehydrate: Chard, Onions
Freeze: Strawberries, blackberries, onions, chard, cherry pie filling
Can: Strawberry Jelly and blackberry jam, cherry pie filling, lamb
stew and chicken soup
Sew: 6 Pillowcase Dresses
Clean and set-up Louet Spinning wheel.
Pick-up 10 frames for the beehives.
Tie up the tomatoes Plant sweet potatoes Plant squash and more green
beans and beets
Pack for the Cabin (pick-up new propane line and tp)