It use to infuriate me to see some idiots that made small fortunes with their plantations. I imagine there'll still be a black market, but the opportunity to make  big money hindering kid's lives will diminish. It's been a scoff law for a long time. At least there's less red tape in Vt. for medical use. NY is ridiculous. I tried to get some for a neighbor with stage 4 cancer that could no longer eat. I had to get a friend in Utah cross the border to send some from Colorado. It saved her life. It's strange how people perceive you as a narc if you try to buy some and they know you don't use it yourself.  You find out who your friends are.  I also have a close friend using it for his severe PTSD and TBI he sustained in Iraq. The VA won't pay for it.  It helps with his anxiety and sleep issues.  Since many will now grow for themselves in Vt.,  you may see tips  in this thread about weed propagation show up.  Someday, the corn choppers in my area will only be the ones on the ground, and not the infrared equipped DEA ones in the air.

Massachusetts has been state law legal since 2016, just not public sale until yesterday. I believe VT is in that stage right now as well, no sale
Since that was the case , the black market prices have dropped ,quality and availability increased.
Where do you think the street level guys are getting it from ?
Now that Massachusetts has public sale, they , the state stores, are gouging the price for recreational big time so time will tell.

You as well BTDT.
Feed bag going on big time with family and friends tomorrow and beyond.
Peace and tuna.

Well four weeks have since passed and so now the time has come.

It's Kraut time......

Here's where we last left off.....

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and now here's where we continue. Remove the water from the plastic bag by scooping it out. Not a good idea pouring the water out. Remember there will be juice from the kraut fermenting plus I added a bit of water to create extra juice and yinz dont want to dump that down the drain. Also not a good idea to pull the bag from the bucket while filled with water cause ya dont want the bag to break and flood your bucket of kraut. That would be enough to cause a grown man to cry.

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Annnnnnd...... wait for it, wawaitfor it.

Yummy..
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Can't remember if I mentioned cutting the cabbage "hearts" into quarters and tossing them into the mix. Well here's why... now ya got sumthin to munch on while yer baggin your kraut so pick out a chunk and start knawing. Keep that your little secrete though. Could be some serious arm wrestling for that last chunk.


I did two average sized heads of cabbage and ended up with about 4.5 pounds of finished Kraut. Likely would had been five counting the hearts that mysteriously disappeared but let's just keep that our little secrete.

Now all that's left is singing "Auld Lang Syne"

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Clint S
We sent 4 bulls on vacation today, they will come back in a much better mood.........

 as in tastier but much smaller packages..... I assume???

The chickens have finally started lying again. 4 to 7 eggs a day from 10 in the past week. I upped their protein intake for the winter too.

Last 15 lbs of slab curing in a medicated goo. It will sit for 5 days then hit smokehouse Friday or Saturday. Gotta cure with the nasty pink salt imo or its just not bacon.
I left 3 lbs raw and its really stir fry stuff, not greasy bacon and eggs..
Things are ramping up now as pig stall was moved with help of ATV, chick brooding station is set and boat got 1 step closer to water.

My yearly thinking and pillage has begun from free stuff again.
Latest score was a crate to house 50 chicks then utilize it for another planter.
Today was 2 barrels that had horticulture vinegar in them.
My pig water system sucked last year and I'm looking on suggestions for improvement.
My thought is a spickit on bottom leading to a flapper float control trough ( pan ).
Anything reccomend would be great.
There will be a big push this weekend on finalizing the incoming livestock

I tried the nipple last year and they wouldn't use it at all. Ended up just doing daily water trough which became a mess.
I just bought 2 auto water troughs yesterday that have a float. I'm going to solidly secure them and pipe to the barrels located on outside of pen.

Since it's crappy outside, I fired up the smokehouse.
Some slab bacon on racks , lake trout on the hooks and seafood stuffed venison back strap will go in later.
Not much else I can do outside today.

More

It only got worse today.
At least I filled 3 rain barrels.

Clint I hear the no time thing and this non stop wetness is really hurting me as everything here is all manual labor. Sometimes, I'm wishing I was fishing instead.

I'm about ready to throw in the towel on starting anything other than tomatoes indoors without having a real greenhouse.
The 20 degrees weather we got last night took out 3/4 of my cabbage and cauliflower in the cold frame last night.
So that leaves me with the indoor tomatoes and peppers which are doing ok but not great. My son has a full scale indoor greenhouse and his tomatoes already have blossoms.
I've been bringing pickup loads of stone everyday for a week trying to stabilize some of the mud and driveway potholes, it seems like I'm just playing the fool shoveling init on and off my truck every day.
Pigs come Saturday, chicken pen gets built Sunday.

Tomorrow is the big push to try again to pull the boat out of the mud. I'm stopping at sawmill and buying a bunch of boards to try and drive on across the yard to boat.
Their repurposing will be garden beds if they survive.

Environmental news:
Ash borers are devastating all the ash trees in my county. I have 5 good size trees I need to take down before they cause damage. Anywhere I drive, all I see is distressed ash trees. They may become extinct in next 20 years

L-13 your absolutely right. We have sea going vessels that pump ballast water into the Hudson and I unload tons of overseas wooden crates where I work daily.
Spain and Germany seem to make the best crates for garden boxes, Chinese crates suck.
Without a doubt, I found a wasp , still alive in 1 swear is a killer bee. At very least it's an invasive.

My country lifted the ash transport quarantine last year because it's a lost cause and now they want infested areas eradicated by harvest

My pigs and chicks are here too. My next big project will be a broader box to keep the chick in as no they sty I the basement for a few weeks. Cheap cheep cheap all night lol

We raise all of our chicks with broody hens. Our crazy girls raise chicks year round so always new pullets coming into lay and young roosters ready to be butchered and pressure canned. Usually do a half dozen or so at a time, only takes a short while now that we have the routine down.