Busy Busy!

After the chicken show a couple weeks ago Farmer Girl and I have worked can’t see to can’t see every day I didn’t have to work away from home. The next few pics are Patchwork Shed progress. 

A trip over the mountain for supplies. Gypsum for the gardens. Peat moss for chicken bedding (an experiment this year) and some trim boards for the shed 

The door is ready to hang. 

Ready to paint this side

This side is half done. 

Getting organized 

Making progress 

Getting moved in

Still a window, crack filling and trim work but finally closed in. 

At the same time I worked away from home, picked flowers and veg for market and did chores everyday. 

We also took time out to strip the big hoophouse and cover it with plastic for the winter. 

Then we stripped down the little hoophouse, cleaned it out and put down fresh bedding. 

Painting the tools bright colors makes them easy to see and remember to put them away. 

About 5 deer came to visit 

We also worked on straightening out the hoophouse the goats destroyed. Even with 3 ratchet straps on it I don’t think it will ever be the same. 

On Friday I found some daikon and picked greens for market. 

The tatsoi is coming along but not quite big enough yet. 

Before. 

After. 

We also cleaned up the driveway so I could pull up and unload feed into the shed  instead of putting it in the house 

I changed the gasket on the wood stove door and was amazed at how much longer the wood burned over night. I just hadn’t realized how much the old gasket was leaking air. 

We went to market on Saturday. 

Saturday afternoon we cleaned out a coop. 

We did some other odds and ends. Picked up feed and groceries. Had a mostly homegrown dinner of leftover duck and veg stir fry. 

Sunday we gave this garden space some attention. 

I dug and pulled rocks from this space, put down some solid amendments and repaired and extended the old drip lines 

Farmer girl helped pound fence posts. 

You can’t really see it but there is scrap fencing on the posts. Need to do a little more soil work and set up irrigation on that side.  Peas will go on the fence.  Lettuce, spinach, arugula are planned for the bed with hoops. 

Whew. Been a long couple weeks. Time for dinner and a shower. 

#appreciation

Tonight I appreciate my Farmer Girl and her helping hands. Love you honey!