It's time to get ready for winter! In late summer, our attention turns to what needs to be ready for winter and finishing any chores that must be done.
Firewood
Some things like firewood are a given that need to be addressed. We are blessed to have LOTS of saw mills in our area and they produce what they call slabs. These are slabs of wood that are first cut off a log to square it off. They bundle these slabs into 1 ton bunches and charge $20 for locals who will use them for firewood.
Hay
Hay is another commodity that needs to be stored up for the winter. The fresh green grass that our animals have been eating all spring, summer and fall will be gone soon and you want to store up nutrient dense hay varieties that will keep your livestock fed. It's really important to find a good quality hay grower in your area. Anyone can bundle up a bunch of weeds and sell that as hay. We usually buy from a guy whose fields are all pure bermuda or fescue. Bermuda is great for sheep and highly nutritious for their winter needs.
Soon the harvest time will be here for our sugar cane and we will sell that to a local distillery to be made into rum. We will do videos on his operation coming up soon so stay tuned!
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