31 baby chicks brooded
10 killed by foxes, snakes & birds of prey, 3 died of shipping shock & disease
15 laying hens and 3 roosters survive
126 dozen eggs laid, washed, sold or eaten
5.5 red oak and pine trees cut down, chainsawed into 3 foot sections, split with a wood splitter or axe and stacked into a 2 year wood pile
3 raised beds built, filled with 12 pickups loads of horse manure, Black Kow, topsoil and organic fertilizers
2 beehives built, 10 frames and 3lbs of bees added to each, no honey harvested to help the bees survive their first winter on Cardinal Ridge
79 fruit trees pruned, thinned, sprayed with neem oil once a week until harvest and only God knows how many apples, cherries, peaches & pears picked
360+ jars of jam, preserves, salsa, pickles, peppers, tomato & apple sauce canned
24 liters of homebrew lager and ale fermented & consumed
125 - kilometers walked from Ferrol to Santiago de Compostela, Spain for our pilgrimage during holy year
3 - the number of lawnmowers I went through before finding one that could handle the slopes and bumps of our 5 acres of fruit orchards and clearings
4 - rooms we laid new flooring in
5 - the of ears of corn that survived hail, wind, raccoons, deer and the shallow soil in our raised beds to actually meet our tastebuds
70 - miles I now commute to and from work each day
4 fantasy baseball teams managed: 3 leagues won, 1 3rd place finish
10 fantasy football teams managed: 6 leagues won, 2 2nd places, 1 3rd, & 1 10th place finish
