Summer has been very, very busy. I write something in my head, and before I have a chance to sit and write it out, something else happens that is Even Better, and causes the previous thing to be uninteresting. Right now, chickens are The Thing, but we’re hoping to get the cows moved in before the end of the month, and maybe ducks next week. Goats need to be here before the end of the month. And everything takes longer than we expect, and requires at least twice as much talking as we anticipate, but the things we do are so much better together than they would be if we were making decisions individually. Here’s a few pictures of what’s happened over the summer:
Roger Hodgkins cutting the hay – our first crop!D.A. Smithson and Sons Well DrillingJasmine creates beauty (and dust) using heavy machineryOuthouse, half done, and shade plants (thanks, Nanette!)Handwashing station that will wash your feet if you’re not careful.Jasmine makes amazing roadsKids have a play area. Thanks for equipment, Grandma Gail!Food Digester, used a great deal before we had CHICKENS (and before the bear knocked it over).Our first livestock! Thanks, Ellen and Adrian. They got out three times, one overnighter, but we’ve still got both.Cistern. Now if we could get electricity, we’d have water!The Transition House, knocked together inside the ‘barn’ to house chickens until we have something better. I used your fancy tool belt, Uncle Rod, but still managed to drop a hammer on Tony’s head.CHICKENS!!! They have already earned their purchase/feeding in eggs, took less than a week.An Actual Haystack, hay scythed by Sweaty People because it ended up being faster/quieter/more-fun than weedwacking.
And now, I think you’re mostly caught up. We are having Such A Good Time.
