The blogging continues.

Hey-o, the blogging continues!  There were some neccessary changes that had to be made, things were deleted, and life continues.
I was looking at the stats of this blog, and I was astounded to see that I've had 292 visitors from Russia!  I had no idea that this would be so international, but that's awesome, and thanks to all of you Russians, Slovanians, Germans, Philipinos, and Japanese for reading my humble blog.  I hope you are doing well in your corner of the globe!

CHICKENS
Some friends of mine call this the "chicken blog", and I can't blame them, it was my main focus over the last summer.  I am happy now to report that almost all of the chickens are sold, and the consensus among everyone is that the chickens are excellent!  I am selling them at a break-even price right now, $10 per chicken, with free delivery for 6 or more.  I'm guessing I have about 50 more left, out of 240 initially.  I have 50 more than are going for the butcher on the 6th of Feb, and these will be "soup" chickens, since they are older and less tender.
The main project this spring will be to give the chickens a larger area to graze in, start them earlier, and spread them into two groups of around 150 each.  There will also be some turkeys grazing too, and of course, baby calves!  At some point, I would like to run some goats, but I will need some extra-tall fencing for that.

HOMESTEAD
I want a basement!  I'm going to sit here and hold my breath until I get one.  Or maybe I could just build it, might be more productive.  The plan right now, if the code approval guys, the bank, and the county are on-board, is to build a wooden framed basement, and move the mobile home on top of it.  That will essentially double our square footage, give me a proper area to store my tools and other stuff, and possibly another bedroom too.  It will also protect the water pipes from freezing in the -35 C weather that we occasionally get here in Canada, eh?  All of the deep-cycle batteries, the washer/dryer, and everything else we have crammed into the house will be in there.  If, for some reason I can't get approval to do a full basement, I will then try for a large addition with a basement of it's own, maybe a 20 x 25 foot.  Then, the house itself needs to be permanently affixed to the ground, so I can mortgage it like a real house.

That's just a quick update, it's still winter so I can't do much but dream...but at least my dreams are big!