We have had a few days to sit and wonder at all we have accomplished in such a short period of time. Now to bemoan all that we still need to do. The 10 x 5 ' potato bed still has no soil in it. Ok it has some ... but I twisted my leg hauling wheelbarrows of soil up the hill last week and said to myself... "We are well into June so ...probably no potatoes this year" ( ... a tear falls...) When we were digging out blackberries and terracing garden space in April ( when the potatoes were supposed be planted) we knew we probably wouldn't have any this year. So, this weeks project is to get the bed full of soil with the remainder of the mountain of 5 yards of planting soil we had delivered a month ago. We decided to plant some fast growing things in that bed this year, beets, more lettuce, maybe some turnips. We don't know yet, we just have to get it done. After that we can concentrate on cleaning out more overgrown areas of the property. And here is the big news. We have decided to procure some goats to do some of the yard work for us. The back quarter acre is completely overgrown with so much stuff... we don't even know what is back there. The entire area is a five star, goat restaurant. We don't even care what kind of goats. We would like a boy and a girl so we can have goat milk in the spring for cheese.
There are piles of brush to be dealt with and an area beside the house that is buttercup hell. The area by the house will have to be done with edgers and lawn mowers. And we are thinking of procuring a chipper for all the brush. That said I should stop hanging out on the computer and go do some work.
There are piles of brush to be dealt with and an area beside the house that is buttercup hell. The area by the house will have to be done with edgers and lawn mowers. And we are thinking of procuring a chipper for all the brush. That said I should stop hanging out on the computer and go do some work.
10x5 box that needs to be finished |
One yard of soil that needs to be dispersed |
buttercup and blackberry jungle that needs to be controlled |
pile of brush that needs to be chipped |
5x12 lengths that need to be turned into compost beds |
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