Two days ago I was preparing food in the kitchen. I heated up some oil in a pan to sear off a pork roast, and had put the roast in the pot (fat side down, of course). Washing my hands after, I happened to look out our kitchen window that overlooks the backyard and I saw an plump orange kitty coming over the train tracks behind our fence. At least, I thought it was an orange cat from the neighborhood, but it just didn’t look right. Really staring at it showed that it was not, in fact, a well-fed orange kitty but instead a well-fed fox! It was so pretty and I never see foxes that close so I took a minute to watch it but then it dawned on me that our chickens were out of the coop and the fox was now skulking our fence line! Honestly, I don’t know if foxes can scale fences or if it even saw our chickens, but I tell you I probably looked kind of foolish in my kitchen for a moment because here’s what happened:
– Shit! I need to get the chickens in the coop!
– Shit! I just put the pork roast on! Should I take it off the heat or can I do this fast enough to get back up here so it doesn’t burn?
– Shit! Why am I taking so long to decide what to do? That fox is probably in our backyard eating my chickens by now!
This was accompanied by me running a couple steps in each direction while I tried to figure out what to do. Eventually I decided to take the roast off the heat and ran downstairs, threw on my boots, and headed outside.
I hate herding chickens. While most of them were happy to see me because they thought I may have food for them, they did not want to go into the coop. I wrangled five of them inside but meanwhile two of them had run the other way and any time I got close they just kept going. I finally had to circle around them far enough ahead to get them to go back to the coop. Next the trick was opening the coop door to let the two in while preventing the other five from escaping. Good times were had by all, I tell you. In the end all seven were shut up safely in the coop, although unhappy about having their foraging time cut short. I did not see the fox again but we decided to keep the birds locked up the next day as well, just as a precaution.
Makes me think, once again, about getting a dog. Of course, if we lived on a farm situation we’d probably have these run-ins more often. But again, we’d probably have a dog to do a perimeter line and keep the predators in check.
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It also makes me wish I had the ability to take photos with my eyes, because I see a bunch of neat things that are typically gone by the time I’m able to get a camera set up. not that I want to go full cyborg, but an eye photo cam could be cool. Or, you know, a contact lense could work as well.
I remade the leftover rabbit meat into a taco soup yesterday. Turned out pretty well if I do say so myself. I added a quart of homemade chicken stock for the base, added in the rabbit meat, frozen corn, black beans, a can of diced tomatoes, and then the taco seasoning and let it simmer for awhile. I sprinkle some shredded cheese on top and a dollop of sour cream and it’s perfect! Of course, typically you’d eat it with a side of tortilla chips but usually I just eat the soup on its own.
I started another ginger bug and am hoping these results will be better than last time. Someone on a forum told me I should have combined the ginger bug starter with the juice and then let it breath for a day or so instead of bottling immediately, so I will give that a go in a couple days when the starter is ready.
The kombucha is always rolling along. I ordered a different variety of black tea this time and I don’t like it as well. The leaves are more finely cut and therefore harder to strain when it comes time to pour the tea liquid into the sugar to create the sweet tea portion of the process. I will most definitely try a different variety next time.
I’m a bit nervous to try our sauerkraut. I’m pretty sure I could eat it now, but I kind of worry that I’m going to kill myself because I don’t know what the hell I’m doing. Usually I just throw stuff together and I’m not sure if that’s all right with fermenting or if it is a precise process like baking. Maybe I will try it later tonight and if I’m still alive in a couple days I’ll post to let you all know how it went.
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