5/19/2020
(Above: It appears that the tank’s pressure reader barely changed throughout the prior keg’s stay within the seltzerator. That means there are likely no leaks in the system at the moment.)
Active Summary: This morning began with calisthenics, writing, and a beef pasture check with Padre. I next brought my laptop to the freezer room where I wrote for a while longer, put together some Master Blend paperwork, swept the floor, and fastened a piece of drooping ceiling to a rafter via screws. As a mid-morning activity, I ventured outdoors and filled 11 bags with compost* before returning to the freezer room where I tended to a beef customer. To conclude the morning, I processed ~ 20-25 lbs of tomatoes** and cooked up a couple Angus burger-steaks for lunch.
(5:37 PM Update:) Afternoon activities began with a brief rest and then by my visiting the freezer room where I wrote, read, and worked a little bit on the map I mentioned in yesterday’s post. This was ensued by bovine-related tasks, including: feeding, capturing a bovine for breeding, rescuing a newborn calf from its somewhat vicious mother***, checking calves for ailments, and treating/bottle-feeding a couple little ones that needed tending. Now, I’m back in the freezer room until 6:00 PM. I’ve been reading and writing a tad more.
Here is a video of rare fauna I found whilst checking the cows in the feed barn. It seemed quite clean for a creature that is eating grubs/maggots out the manure-heap (loud wind in video, so turn down the volume).
Final (8:46 PM) Note: Following a beef pasture check with Padre, I tended to a couple more tasks in the freezer room (one of which was the exchanging of water kegs; it was the third refill of the seltzerator). I next returned to Jacobhouse where I took care of a couple chores, made myself a salsify omelet, cooked Madre a buttery French omelet, and then brought both creations over to the studio for dinner.
Tomorrow, I will likely move the compost bags I filled today to gardens #1 and #2. I may not plant the zucchini and summer squash until Thursday, but Padre found a leek today that I’ll do my best to get into the soil. It should also be noted that we will be venturing to La Cuisine for dinner. It is going to be delicious.
*These bags will be utilized for growing zucchini and summer squash in gardens #1 and #2.
**Slicing off any bad spots, marinating full-halves for grilling, and rough-chopping everything else to make a tomato stew out of.
***Another case where she – the mother cow – would not let her calf get to its feet. Each time it neared a four-legged stance, she would plow it back into the ground.