Syrkus, Inc.

01/10/2025

It's not everyday you get to help mount a moose bust.....

01/03/2025

07/13/2024

This kids tree house is nicer than my first apartment.

Siding Will be completed tomorrow and painting prepped.

07/05/2024

Danggg, can't believe I haven't posted anything here in months.

Between the campaign, and end of school year- I have been working a bunch a of smaller jobs and decorative pieces.

Here's a good photo dump of what i did take a picture of.

Lllooootts of tiger striping in two different Gyms. About 90,000 square feet of rubber flooring at the old scripts paper plant, and concrete cutting galore in Jupiter and Palm City.

Sprinkle in some windows, some doors, subflooring, demo, stairs relocate, siding, framing and a few others- and that should about round out the first half of the year.🤔🤣

01/13/2024

Chicken any fresher would peck ya!

Fresh Palm City chickens, perfect for: boiling, broiling, grilling, frying, sautéing, baking, smoking, braising.......well- I guess that's about all you can do with a chicken.

These guys are 3-4 lbs each, and available for $5/lb.

Hope everyone's weekend was a productive and fulfilling as ours.

01/06/2024

The evolution of a retaining wall. Will sod this and be checking out next week. 4"piping was also buried for gutter outlets to prevent future erosion.

01/06/2024

It's been a little bit since I last posted, but we have kept busy.

The rain delayed our farms chicken harvest so we built out a new bee hive instead. Also ainted two new bases for the hives which integrate hive beetle screens to help prevent an infestation.

While these projects moved along, I also burned,stained and sealed a new cutting board for my better half.

10/24/2023

Meat birds have arrived. Fresh chicken should be available right about Christmas.

10/14/2023

Another 15 lbs of honey is in the bank.

Grace helped to harvest this batch prior to the cold coming in. We also cleaned out the boxes and got some Beetle traps set to help off set the hive bottle attempts to decimate the hives.

Just over almost 30 lbs from the hive this spring/ summer! We are excited to expand this next year!!

10/03/2023

There are two clear events in my life that led me to my faith: having children and getting into agriculture.
In having children, we learn of an unconditional love, and a devotion to something greater than oneself, that can only be learned in such a manner. Just as G-d love’s his children, I love mine.

In agriculture, we learn of faith. No other field has such a need for faith, as does the literal fields. Take for example a simple seed. If you read the back, you will find a “germination rate”, a percentage of the package that will germinate when planted. This percentage is usually between 80% to 90%. Some seeds are better than others, some are not. What this percentage means is that if you do everything perfectly: correct spacing and depth, seeds properly stored prior to sowing, correct nutrient load on the soil, proper moisture content, adequate sun, etc. etc…..if you do all that 100% correct, then only 80% to 90% of your seeds will germinate. Following that, if you continue to be perfect, you will then compete against rain, wind, sun and pests to try to keep those seeds growing. Time becomes your enemy as every day is a new challenge to keep that plant alive, until it’s eventually flowering. If you do keep it to flower, then you must pollinate, or pray for natural pollinators to help you out. Essentially, perfection is never enough- and none of us are perfect.
I bring this up, because this week our faith was tested. After 96 hours of waves of heavy downpours, we were left with more than 10” of rain. Last Sunday, over-night, we lost a large flock of hens. 39 hens were dead in the coop, 2 outside it. More than a dozen plus birds were missing, likely taken. The only thing I know for 100% is that a predator entered the coop by destroying a section of fence, and that the adjacent creek rose 15 feet overnight. Is this correlation or is it causation: I don’t know.
It's been a difficult beginning to the week. Our entire next generation of egg layers are gone, after 3 months or raising from hatchlings and more than a thousand dollars of feed and hatchling purchase and hundreds of man hours- we are left with only practice and experience to show for it.
We will get new chicks. We will start over again. We will continue to work the land. Most of all, I continue to keep the faith. I don’t know what G-d’s plan is, but I do know he is hardening my family and I for what the future will hold.
Daniel advised the king, and he was not a perfect man. He supported a kingdom that eventually outlawed his religion and denounced his G-d. But Daniel kept his faith. Daniel was thrust into a den of lions, left to die overnight. When the sun rose the next morning, Daniel was alive and well. With an unwavering faith, the lord stood by his side- blinding the lions to Daniels presence.
Though it may feel as if we (society as a whole) are in the lion’s den, we must keep our faith. The sun will surely rise again, and with the lord’s protection, we too will exit the den and enter the light of day- stronger and wiser for the experience.

08/13/2023

The future of the farm is lookin bright! Not only is the new chicken tractor built, but it was built 95% by the next generation!

10'x20' frame with wire and 16'x12' tarp cover. The baby chicks will move in next week after we install the ski's under the legs and get this set in the field near the coop (eventual home of the chick's when they start to lay eggs).

This chicken tractor will then be re-utilized for meat birds later this season.

07/30/2023

A productive week or two. Laying down rubber flooring in a gym (along with full equipment reset), getting an office painted and decorated complete with new flooring and tinting the school windows. Grace even joined me in a honey harvest. 3 quarts from our two smallest frames!

Recharging our batteries to prepare for a new week ahead.