Thanks to a weekend trip to Sacramento for the California State Fair, I am now armed with most of the information I need to:
- raise chickens for some delicious eggs!
- maintain a worm farm – backyard composting via The Worm Factory 360
- possibly set up an aquaculture environment in the backyard
This is, of course, overly ambitious, as we’ve not even finished putting up our fence since we tore it down. Plus, our backyard is TINY. We are attempting to fit the chickens, worms, AND fish?!
RV may or may not have had the West Nile virus last week after mosquitoes feasted upon us in our sleep, but there was definitely no fence-building while he was out of commission for three days last week. We get the blood test results tomorrow. I was a little worried that he’d not make it through the fair, but he wasn’t feeling terribly ill on Saturday.
Since it was my first time at the State Fair, I had to indulge in deep-fried goodness and ice cold beverages to keep cool.
Left: Deep-Fried Twinkie, Right: Jumbo Corn Dog
We didn’t see any shows or catch specific performers. We just walked through the exhibits, played some overpriced carnival games to win a weird stuffed banana with a face, and of course, visited the newborn “bacon.” SO CUTE.
There are definitely calves in these cows!
More California State Fair photos: here!
In case you were wondering about the weird stuffed banana with a face… RV had seen larger versions of said banana through the gaps in the fence as we were walking from the car to the fair entrance, and he had made a declaration that he would be taking home a banana.
Well, here he is:
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