I realize how “different” my life is by what I get excited about or really REALLY appreciate. For instance, today we hooked the water up to the garage. Hmmmm???
We got an old stainless steel sink with drainboards a couple of years ago. Tony mounted it on the wall of the garage for me to rinse eggs in. Before that, I rinsed and dried them in the kitchen, had a scale on the countertop for sizing, egg cartons around, etc. With the new garage setup, all that moved out of the kitchen. WONDERFUL.
Clean eggs come in and get weighed and packed (cartons for various sizes to the left of the scale and sink). Rinsed eggs air dry on the drainboard to the right of the sink. Boxes of cartons, sorted by size/type are within reach below, and some are on shelves above also. In summer the shelves have cut flower supplies also. But, the water lines run along the outside wall, so when the temps start getting down into the teens, we shut the water off and drain the lines, and it is back to the kitchen. At least in the winter I only have about half as many hens and eggs as in the summer (currently running 10 dozen/day).
