Tuesday my wife was putting laundry away and came across a pair of underwear- (I won’t tell you whose they were) filled with small seeds. “It’s a mouse“ I said- “Looks like you’ve found his stash.” The little bugger had been running back and forth from the kitchen counter to the laundry room carrying seeds. I thought to myself-
A.- That took a lot of trips and
B.- That took a lot of self control carrying all those seeds in his cheeks- I would have eaten most of them doing the work.
Here’s a picture I took of that mouse trying to get some of my Swiss cheese:
There must be a little mouse in me because I’ve been having this urge to store up for Winter as well.
On Monday, Denny said he was taking 2 beef to the locker and wanted to know if I’d be interested in a 1/2 a beef- at $2.00 a pound. I asked my wife if that was a good deal- she said “When 93% hamburger sells for $1.98 that’s a good price….So we spoke for a quarter of beef.
(side note- Renee, when you read this- I decided I just couldn’t swap you Winston for 1/2 of a beef) 
We have 6 free range pigs currently plus our resident hog Winston. They go through a lot of food in a week, I’m having to buy corn because they’ve rooted up most of the pasture- So as I stood there Tuesday night giving the pigs pieces of pumpkins we grew this year, I wondered if the pumpkin patch South of town has any extra pumpkins they’d give away- Halloween is over and maybe , just maybe they’re just going to throw them away. So I stopped Wednesday night, talked briefly with Virgil….he wasn’t sure- you never know. Thursday morning our phone rang- It was the pumpkin farmer- ”Was I the guy who stopped and asked about the pumpkins?” Well, he’d thought about it and said there was a shed full of pumpkins he was going to have to throw away and it would help him out, if I came and got them. Friday afternoon I hauled home almost 2 pick up loads of pumpkin.
We still have about 40 bushels of Super Chief, Sun Crisp and Liberty apples for sale from this years apple harvest.
There’s a fine line between having faith the Almighty will provide and personal responsibility. I’m taking my que from the mouse- if they think it’s a good idea to stock up for winter then I do too.
Is the $2/lb already processed or do you need to pay the locker fees as well. If that price is the already processed price than you got a good deal.
Otherwise – live weight market steers are going for between $0.80 and $0.90 per pound, according to my local auction house.
We purchased a 1/2 beef paying $0.85/lbs live weight and then about $220 in locker fees, but that was in March.
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That was processed price. thanks for stopping by the blog! DM
I hear you, DM. I don’t know if it’s cellular memory or the prompting of the seasons, but I’m getting that urge to stock up for the winter, too. I’d love to get a freezer, but logistically, it’s not going to happen until next year. When I get it, though, look out!!
‘Course, I don’t have a generator, so I need to be a little careful!! Otherwise, I might end up with a mess (if the power goes out for very long!)…..
I am ‘squirreling’ away that last paragraph for safe keeping. Well said!
We’re getting ready to stock up here too – hopefully with venison.