Weekend at the Farm January 23 - 24, 2016

Arrived Friday night, Bert was already here.  Very cold, 27 degrees when we woke up on Saturday morning.  Brrr!  Left early on Sunday to grocery shop and cook.  Josh, Blake, Max, Nathan, Will and their spouses and kids came over for dinner.

• Bert and I went for a walk early Saturday morning, met up with our neighbor Ray and Hank the dog walking our trails, so we walked together.
• Made suet for the birds and put it in the freezer to harden:  Melted bacon grease from our grease can, corn meal, peanut butter, oatmeal, chopped pecans, sugar, and coconut left over from some long ago dessert.
• Turned over more of the beds in the Vegetable Garden so that the elbon rye will die before spring.  Almost finished with that task.
• Raked for a bit in the Star Garden and the Rose Garden. 
• Watered the Jujube that I planted last weekend and the four roses that I planted the week before.
• I've had all the water turned off so none of the sprinklers have been running.  But I ran all the zones this weekend.  It rained a little last weekend, but not enough to make a difference.
• Pruned my grape vines which took a couple of hours.  It's very absorbing work.