They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
Busy day on the farm yesterday. We decided on Sunday we need to re-arrange the barnyard better to be able to sort out livestock and direct them where we want them, and to be able to drive a truck into the laneway, or even just walk down the laneway without having to walk through gates… Continue reading The Measure of a (Little) Man
We officially finished the pasture water line project today. That is, we covered the last 80 feet of trench. The older girls earned a dollar each pulling up a rubbermade tote of shotweed. We managed to get it green, so this patch at least did not shoot seeds all over the place. Ellie fed some… Continue reading A project finished
Shaping garden beds in the early morning, just before sunrise. It is worth it.
Holy Saturday, the day before Easter, we sent a quiet morning filling in the trench that we dug to put the irrigation line in. 340 feet. A long way to go. We had a little four footed help out there. The pigs are well over a hundred lbs right now, just eye-balling them and not… Continue reading More Un-digging
One of the ongoing projects here at the farm is a rainwater capture tank to catch rainwater from the roof of the shop. It is quite a large tank, so we have been preparing the bed with some care. Uncle has been doing most of the digging for the last few weeks. He has been… Continue reading The Pit and the Pad
Well, it's been real. It's been fun. It's even been real fun. But you know what they say: What gets dug, must get un-dug. They.
We had a bit of an adventure last Thursday, (actually, two Thursdays ago by the time this publishes). It was a bit of a catiwumpus day to begin with, Daddy's phone died so he slept in, then Winnie had a fever, but Mommy had to go to a tax appointment, so Daddy had to stay… Continue reading Cry Sis!
What is Uncle up to here?
Yesterday was a beautiful and glorious afternoon, so after Daddy got home from work, he gathered up the three oldest kids and took them to the farm to run in the sun and frolic in the field. The project we were planning on was removing the last remnants of the old center fence at the… Continue reading Sunny Afternoon
We have been having issues with the dog lately, running back into the berry patch behind the garden. He likes to run back and forth along the fence separating the berry patch from the old orchard, barking his head off at the pigs and the geese, trampling the goumi berries and disturbing the mother goose… Continue reading Down by the Garden Gate.
