Farming Hoe!

Guess what, reader? I have a little farm going now! Before the infection, I was raised on a small farm. I had a small garden and 4 acres, just enough to keep me and my family fed. Well, it is with some nostalgia that I view my set up now. 

I brought home another trio of chickens and another stray sheep. One of my hens decided to sit, and hatched out 2 little chicks. They are so cute! My sheep also had a lamb. In case you are confused, reader, animals in this part of the universe can reproduce rapidly. I have heard the magicians and scientists speak of other universes where reproduction can take months, even years. Perhaps you are from one of these realms, one where the infection hasn't spread, so I thought it best to explain.

I also am working on digging a stairway down that cave ravine. I'm a bit leery of going too far, too fast. I'm taking my time and making certain I can walk safely up and down. I've seen big scary spiders in the distance, they seem capable of climbing anything, so I'm lucky they didn't see me. Lots of zombies and skeletons are in these caves. Perhaps they were once miners.

One thing I am missing, cows. I really have been craving a good glass of milk and a steak. I know rat meat is just as good for the nutrition value, but steak would really be good right about now. 

Oh yes, I also have a bed! That iron I smelted was very useful for making tools. I made shears for my sheep, a bucket so I could irrigate my farm, and an iron headed pickaxe for those ores too tough for a stone head.

So, it's about noon. The sun is high in the sky as I sit here writing in this journal. I'm not sure how I wish to spend the rest of my day. Travel and search for a herd of feral cows, return to my cave and work on the stairs, or perhaps just take a day to relax and let my kinked shoulder muscles have a break?

The smell of this rat meat is starting to turn my stomach, I think the cows win.

*later the same day* 

I found cows! They were amazingly close to my home. Cows, sheep, pigs, and chickens all within range. I wonder if someone else had a farm somewhere near here. If so, they must have let their animals loose, or didn't have the best of fences. The animals appear to have gone wild and formed a few rather decent size herds and flocks nearby. I wonder if the zombie horseman I saw was the farmer?