Farm things

At the moment we are supplementing feed to our steers.

Cotton seed will help to fatten them before we finish them on oats.

Normally we don't need to do this, but we haven't had rain for a while and this is another alternative to many of the other supplements, like Anipro and other licks, we have used in the past.

But the tractor we use to scoop up the seed and put into the bins around the paddocks broke down.

Well dad trashed it!

50 tonnes of seed may have to be shovelled!

Off to town we went to buy 2 grain shovels. 

One for hubby and one for the daughter. Not me- it was mother's day!

Appendectamy boy is still recovering- I wouldn't allow him to shovel!

He just gave directions and told everyone what to do!!

The cattle still have this feed in this paddock to work through.

There's not much feed near the yards and watering points where they were hanging out.

These are much smaller little paddocks that the cattle come into to get a drink.

And that green tub had some cotton seed in it. They had eaten it all.

They love it.

There's 6 of these tubs spread around the traps.

The patient was given the job of driving the car and trailer.

A bit of a crunch.

He hit the post.

Whoops.

No real harm done.

Cos kids drive very steadily around here!

But there's some hurt pride.

So dad backed it up and drove it through.

These guys will enjoy their seed.

Until these and other oats are up and ready.

That will be late as we waited for rain before sowing.

Surprising to see these slithering guys now that the weather has cooled off a bit, but it had been 26 degrees the day before.

I have to say these are THE BEST curry mixes I have ever had.

I bought 3 last year at the Sydney show and have been extremely impressed.

At $20 each they are very cost effective for 400g. 

Plus I only use half the recommended amount due to the kid factor.

Well rather I double all the other ingredients as I rarely eat the carby Rice!

There was free shipping over $100 and they threw in a freebie chutney as well.

Get yourself some Mudgeeraba Spices and curry blends here.

You won't regret it!

This was the Thai Green chicken Curry.

I have quite a variety now, Indian, Thai, Malaysian, Indonesian.

I took this shot a couple of weeks ago as I was leaving for work.

I like to lock the little ones in the yards when I am at work.

My Cairn Terriers prefer to sit up on top of the Kennels instead of inside them!

Perhaps it is an inferiority complex, or short dog syndrome!

Hhhmn they need a grooming session!

Dinner

This is what we had for dinner last night.

this lovely Steggles marinated chicken with lots of lemon, garlic and butter.

I actually cooked 2 ( as usual) so  that we'd have leftovers for sandwiches and munching on.

Then I cooked this lovely looking peach cobbler.  

See that clean oven, this dish spat sticky dots everywhere. I loooove these ovens,

It's paralytic.

 Well kind of,

Pyrolytic,

fantastic, turn the dial and it burns away ALL the crud.

 It looked and smelled fantastic

But tasted like sweet GLUE!!!!

note to self ~DO NOT ever cook again!!!

dispose of this recipe and look for a clafoutis recipe.

 

I scored some of these for $1.69 the other day and thought I'd give one a try.



 I've doubled the rice and water, so it's not too hot for the kids. It smells fantastic, even Miss MDK just came inside and says it smells great. Lets hope its better than dessert last night.

AAAAND I'll try a different dessert tonight!!

Perhaps the packet of wagon wheels on top of the fridge.

Anyone noticed how small those wagon wheels are?

 I doubt they would have got those old wagons through the mud.
I wore new shoes today and did not even stop to think about blisters, after having these toots in socks and boots for months they did not cope well with new shoes. I had blisters by the time I got to work!! Lucky I've got a great first aid kit and there was a good stash of bandaids there or I'd be in real danger of not being able to move tonight.