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.
We have a tank coming tomorrow. Not an army tank, a rainwater catchment tank. So Ryan and Adam spent a good chunk of the afternoon planning out exactly how we were going to get a 700lb tank in place between the barn and the pole barn without damaging themselves or any other important infrastructure. All… Continue reading Prepping for Arrival
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
We always have so many projects going on at any given time, but every once in a while there is a rare day that we can all come together and check off a few of them. Last Friday before Palm Sunday (Not Good Friday) was one of those days. We had a coupon for $30… Continue reading Finishing Things Friday
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.
What is Uncle up to here?
By an unusual and not altogether pleasant turn of events (Mommy got sick and had to stay home from work) we got two extra family days this week. Daddy and Seppi and Ellie took a few hours in the afternoon to get some plumbing done. First, of course, a trip to the hardware store to… Continue reading Plumbing the pasture water line: Day 1
Mommy has strep throat, so Daddy took the older three kids to the farm to give her time to recuperate. While there we worked on burying the first run of PEX pipe. Now, the trick to burying pipe for longevity is to make sure that there are no rocks next to the pipe. With movement… Continue reading Let’s play a game…
You know, some cultures believe that a child will grow up to take on the qualities of the name that he has been given. In my Dad's case this was eminently true. I don't know very many people who have... Dug.. More dirt than he has? ;-D There's a reason no one ever called him… Continue reading Phase 1 complete: The Digging is Dug
Little Farm in the Big City 