Carly comes back

 Carly came back today, with the rest of Pork Chop. There were still a few parts that had to finish smoking, like the bacon and ham.

 I picked up a new little freezer last week. The 7 cubic foot turned out to be a much better choice than the 5 would have been.

It is packed solid right to the top. Only one problem: there is still one more deer coming back. I guess we will figure something out for it when it gets finished. Maybe I should have gotten the 9 cubic foot?

Season opener

Today was opening day of rifle season, and it was very good to me. I got this nice 8 pointer just before sunset. We will eat well this winter!

We have venison

Early muzzleloading season opened this morning. I didn't see anything this morning, but got a nice doe this afternoon. Now we have venison for the freezer.

Plant deck

 I added a small shelf type area on the porch. I wanted to get the herbs Lynne and Jess are growing up off the floor. They don't do well when they get knocked over and tripped on.

 The framework is complete and ready for the decking.

I brought some scraps home from work to use as the decking. It is all cabinet grade plywood and it made a very nice table for the plants.

New porch roof

 I got the old roof pulled off first thing this morning and moved out of the way. I will probably use some of the metal to add a cover to the back porch, and Heather wants some for the barn to cover the back door.

 First sheet is always the hardest. Since all the other pieces fit to this one, it must be exactly straight.

 Everything is moving right along. New roof is single piece to help eliminate any leakage. I just couldn't make the seam stop leaking.

 Lisa stopped by and helped. She anchored the front edge while I was getting the top part of the sheet.

Heather helped, too. I couldn't bend the edge over and fasten it like I wanted to, so she helped fold it over and hold it so I could get a few screws started. It looks very nice.

porch roof extention

 Lumber is more expensive than it use to be. This little bit was $150, but it was what I needed to extend the porch roof to cover the ramp. It was no fun walking up the ramp while it was raining. Much like walking through a waterfall, but with clothes on.

 I put up the outside supports first. The truck made a handy workbench for a lot of the project.

 Then came the header and rafters. Heather helped put up the header. I needed an extra set of hands to hold the other end of the boards

She also helped with the sheeting and the roofing. It got dark before we finished it, so I had to finish up today. Naturally, it rained most of the day. I got out in between the showers to finish it up. I still got quite wet.

Food plot growing

 Last week, I took the rototiller back into the hollow and turned the deer food plot over again and replanted it. The first plot was too much of a success. It was eaten to the dirt as soon as it sprouted.

 I checked it today, and it has sprouted and seems to be growing well. I'm hoping it will have enough of a start to survive longer than the last time.

It seems to have good growth due to all the rain we got this week and the hot weather, too. Maybe it will help us get more deer this year.