My Day Continues

[@cissyfoster3417]

You are just wonderful with your animals...Blessings !

[@OneWomanAndTwoAcres]

Cissy Foster Sometimes I feel like killing them! But... I'd have to bury the body... too much work... ROFL! Today the weather has been cool and a slight breeze. The rabbits have been leaping and jumping and having a ball. Whoever said rabbits were quiet!?

[@anitasams751]

TY for posting the quick release knot. I have used that knot occasionally when my latches on old hen houses would break and I didn't realize it had a name. Haha! Your laugh is hysterical and infectious. That's a good thing. I love your cats, dogs, bunnies and especially the goats. I'd like to have a couple goats of my own one day, and I do realize the amount of work involved in caring for goats but it is rewarding in the end. I already have four dogs (one is a high maintenance Great Pyrenees) and two kitties! This year I am growing red and gold tomatoes, and sweet Spanish onions. - I hail from North Carolina btw.

[@OneWomanAndTwoAcres]

We'd love to have you over at the Cockeyed Homestead! What's holding up getting a couple of goats? Love that you have all the critters you do. We're up here in NE Georgia!

[@suwong7032]

Your videos are so lovely and interesting to watch and I love the kindness you show to your rabbits, thank you.

[@OneWomanAndTwoAcres]

su wong Thanks, Su! You're too sweet! I'm so glad you enjoy my crazy life. I wasn't sure about getting rabbits but now that I have them and have learned a little about them, I absolutely love them!

[@katherinetaylor5323]

Hello Mel, busy day but at least it isn't boring. Love the babies and watching your videos. You brighten up my day.

[@OneWomanAndTwoAcres]

Katherine Taylor Thanks, Kat! It's never boring at the cockeyed cottage. Too much to do around here!

[@Ladybug12150]

Thanks for another wonderful informative and entertaining video ! You have inspired me, I am looking for a house with a couple of acres, hope I find what I want. You have taught me so much ! Thanks. Jan in Indiana

[@OneWomanAndTwoAcres]

***** Thanks, Jan! Keep me informed about what you find and where. You'll love the life but it takes getting used to. It's a lot of work; you struggle with most everything, your hands and arms will be cut and bleeding, your muscles will ache every night, you'll do without so the critters can have, and you'll so love your life you won't be able to figure out why the heck you didn't do it years ago!

[@SusanRogersMakingItWork4Me]

Busy, busy,busy!! Your garden is looking great! Pruning will get you a more productive fruit harvest too.

[@OneWomanAndTwoAcres]

Susan Rogers I've about got to cut that apple tree in half. Some are saying it's okay, but I don't know. Heck, it's not like it's giving much fruit now. I may as well whack away at it and see what happens!

[@LadySheWolfWitch]

Busy, busy, busy : ) That goat is just so cute!!!! LOL.... My grandpa had an apple tree once he though was about dead and he cut it way back. It came back to life and was so full and beautiful and full of apples. I would wait till fall when the leaves drop before cutting it back though :)

[@OneWomanAndTwoAcres]

She Wolf Good to know! Okay, I'll wait. When I do cut it the rabbits are going to love chewing on the apple wood!

[@LadySheWolfWitch]

You can always sell some of it Mel. Apple wood is expensive and people but it to use when smoking meat. I love the stuff. The last bag of apple wood chips I bought cost me about seven bucks. The same with hickory wood chips. Just something for you to keep in mind before the bunnies shred it all. Sell it, money is money honey :) LOL

[@OneWomanAndTwoAcres]

For apple wood?! That's amazing. I'll definitely sell some of it then. The bunnies need a little, though. They're just too cute! LOL!

[@LadySheWolfWitch]

LOL, yeah for apple wood. It's expensive. People use it in smokers and to BBQ and in smoke houses. Haven't you ever had apple wood smoked bacon? So good... LOL I get it at the grocery when its on sale when I can I afford it. You can check Amazon. They have it for sale for anywhere from 6 to 30 dollars a bag.

[@OneWomanAndTwoAcres]

Holy cow! Well, I won't have much but I'll have some apple wood. Thanks for the tip!

[@rclamb04]

love your attitude looks like you are doing very well.

[@OneWomanAndTwoAcres]

Robert Lamb I'm trying. It gets tough with no job but I'm working on that, too!

[@rclamb04]

I know what you mean, I will pray that Yahweh sends you just the right job for you.

[@OneWomanAndTwoAcres]

Thank you so much for the prayers. Praying your life is wonderful!

[@niftythriftybits3727]

Ha! Wish I had the energy of your goat!

[@OneWomanAndTwoAcres]

Nifty Thrifty Bits Don't we all! LOL!

[@niftythriftybits3727]

One Woman & Two Acres For sure! LOL! Hey....you wanted to know what a toothbrush rug was, so I posted a photo on google plus. If you follow me you will see it cause I posted a photo of the one I am working on there.

[@OneWomanAndTwoAcres]

I found it!

[@fatearthbackyardfarm]

Lookin' good there, Mel! Sorry about the lemon trees!

[@OneWomanAndTwoAcres]

Audra Russell Hi, Audra! I have to catch up on my video watching. I've been having a fit with my website. Nothing seems to work right when I put it up! I'll be watching them today. Doing nothing but fooling around with rabbits today!

[@shininglight2644]

hel me your videos are so lovely and interesting to wach you brighten up my day. GOD BLESS

[@OneWomanAndTwoAcres]

Carmen Rodriguez Thanks, Carmen! I'm so glad you enjoy these crazy days of mine!

[@heatherinparis]

Hey Mel.....too bad I live so far away.....I'd love to meet you and learn some of the stuff you know. Your videos are always so interesting and fun to watch :)

[@OneWomanAndTwoAcres]

Heather Smedley Thanks, Heather, but honestly, I'm learning all this by the seat of my pants! I wish you lived closer, though. We could learn together. Thought about moving? LOL!

[@heatherinparis]

Only every day through every winter where the temperature is below -34 CELSCIUS!! Which it was for weeks at a time through the last TWO winters :P

[@OneWomanAndTwoAcres]

Yikes! You'll at least have to come down here during the winter to visit. There might be a day or two that it stays below freezing. Even the snow only lasts a day or two!

[@karenchakey]

I am pretty sure you prune apple trees from the middle, I bet you can find a DIY on You Tube for pruning apple trees. Don't forget to mound up your dirt around the bush beans, I forgot to last year and wind bent them over. Blessings and Take Care

[@OneWomanAndTwoAcres]

karenchakey Thanks, Karen. I'm going to be doing a search today about it. Very little wind hits my garden. I have a barn on one side and loads of trees on the other. The wind was really kicking up with yesterdays storm and the leaves of the plants out there were barely moving! I guess I lucked out!

[@lynhanna917]

the tender leaves on the beets are delicious in a salad. You want to make sure that when the beets grow the top of the root is not exposed, you may have to cover it with a bit of dirt. If you pull them up when they are about the size of large golf balls they are delicious boiled then eaten with butter, if they are larger they make great pickled beet slices, if they get too large they are woody and not as sweet, I will eat them because I love beets but I really prefer baby beets. If you get a chance look at stirrup hoes (if you don't have one already). I use mine in the garden and bought a second one to use in my decorative gravel, it glides over the landscape fabric and pulls weeds out of the gravel, roots and all.

[@OneWomanAndTwoAcres]

Lyn Llinse Thanks, Lyn! I actually don't eat beats but I understand animals love them. This lot was an experiment to see how they grow. I've seen those hoes. They seem to work great. Can't afford anything at all these days so it's all hand work from here!

[@OneWomanAndTwoAcres]

We have a flea market/thrift store here that's fantastic on tool prices. As soon as some money comes in, I'll take a look!

[@JcUDE]

On your drains put a half cup of baking soda and then pour vinegar down the drain once a month and you will notice a great difference and does not hurt the septic system.

[@OneWomanAndTwoAcres]

J. cUDE Thanks, J! I'll do that from now on!

[@lindabrown7374]

Another fun video! Even if it really is work taking care of the animals, I really don't consider it as such. I love them so much.

[@OneWomanAndTwoAcres]

LINDA BROWN I know what you mean. Although... there are times with that goat... I just want to throttle him!

[@lindabrown7374]

One Woman & Two Acres He's adorable!

[@OneWomanAndTwoAcres]

He is... when he's asleep! LOL!

[@susangaluski9320]

Nice Vid, Mel. I love watching other people work! I'll have to reciprocate soon with a similar video for you. I have 3 YOUNG apple trees with ZERO apples on them, so you're ahead of me there! My Asian pear does have 5 pears growing, and that makes me happy. I do believe you can severely cut back the apple tree (even main leader branch if you want to open it up). Paul Gautche seems to do that a lot. He says to trim the apple tree so you can throw a cat through it, then it grows back and fruits.

[@OneWomanAndTwoAcres]

Susan Galuski I'm going to cut that sucker this autumn. I want to take down some trees around it, too. I'll have to get a cat to volunteer to be an apple tree gauge!

[@jeannemiller306]

love my clothes line

[@OneWomanAndTwoAcres]

jeanne miller Me, too! I even use it to wash off tarps... which I have to do today, actually... LOL!

[@bingo45373]

I have a callie every time I put the gaterade bottle in with her she pushes it back out of her nesting area

[@OneWomanAndTwoAcres]

***** That's cute! My bunnies love moving them around and getting them just right. When they have it where they want it they literally flop down next to it, let out a sigh of relief, and go fast asleep!

[@PidasianHippie]

Mel, from the camera angle you show, I kept expecting Sammy to "butt" you right in the rear! Hahahha. I nearly fell out of my chair laughing when he knocked over the camera! Girl, where does all your energy come from??!!

[@OneWomanAndTwoAcres]

Pidasian Hippie That rotten goat! You find a lot of energy when you have so much life around you. It's absolutely amazing!

[@PidasianHippie]

You have a point there. I guess that is how mothers keep going. hahahaha

[@OneWomanAndTwoAcres]

ROFL!

[@lydiabehar4465]

Hi Mel. Praxxus55712 has a video "Pruning apple trees for better production". Also, Dave Wilson Nursery has videos on fruit tree pruning. You might find these helpful. Btw, my Mom had cravings for Bing Cherries when she was pregnant with me and I'm a November baby. So it took my Dad forever to find them for her and he paid alot for them. And I love Bing Cherries. :)

[@OneWomanAndTwoAcres]

Lydia Behar This is a lot more than pruning. I want to chop off the whole top! I'm going to be researching it and I'll definitely do a video of that madness! Funny how we love the food our mother's craved!