Life in Tee Harbor, Alaska

5 Days Off Work - In A Row!! :o)

I am taking a long weekend...will be off work until Wednesday!  Yeah!!  So, what am I going to do with all this time?  I started tonight by picking up another order of sockeye salmon from a local fisherman - got 8 this week.  Brought them home and filleted them...1.5 hours...not too bad.  The fish were bigger this week - averaged 5.5 pounds of fillets per fish.  So they are all in the fridge cuz I'm tired!  Tomorrow I will can 4 fish - or however many fill up 14 jars.  The rest will be vacuum packed and frozen.  These will be smoked later in the summer and canned - when Rod gets back from Skagway.

I will be working on the chicken fence...so many holes to dig, so little time  :o)   Home Depot is open tomorrow, so I think I will buy the rest of the materials I need. 

I need to move the chicks out to the coop - they will be living in the storage area, separate from the adults.  I will put a light out there for them and they should be just fine.  I'm sure they will appreciate the extra space!  They are getting so big now!  I had switched them from newspaper to pine shavings last weekend and they are doing well with that - scratching it everywhere, but not eating it like I thought they would.  It does get in the waterer though, so I have to keep cleaning that out.  I'll have to make them a play area outside so they can be out while I'm working on the fence!

I also hope to work in the garden a bit - always things to do there.  The chickens do like slugs - I have picked some out of the garden and thrown them in the pen and they get gobbled up - cool!  Need to get more dirt and mound up the potatoes more.  I need to thin the rest of the onions.  The beet greens are ready to eat too!!

I'd like to work on my recipe binder - need to add recipes that have been judged as "keepers".

Most importantly, I will be getting enough sleep!  I have been having troubled getting to bed at a decent time - mostly because it stays light so late - the chickens don't even want to go to bed before 10pm!  So I will try to get myself on a better schedule.  Home Depot opens in the morning at 7am - I figure there won't be too many people there at that time!

Hope everyone has a great 4th of July!!

please help.......

10:01 PM, Thursday, July 3, 2008 .. Posted by Anonymous

how do you can fish?

Hello... You use a pressure canner for fish. Here is an entry I wrote with my instructions: http://www.homesteadblogger.com/alaska/23229/
Let me know if you have questions.
Michelle :o)

Edited by mdonohue on Friday, July 4, 2008 at 10:25 AM

Hi!

3:54 AM, Friday, July 4, 2008 .. Posted by mominpa

I just love your blog-- I found it last night-- and I really enjoyed reading thru a few of your entires!!

I don't keep up with my homestead blog like I should.. you can find me at:

http://homeschoolblogger.com/mominpa

PS: I really was impressed by your long term goals and how far you've come already!! GOOD JOB!!