continuing new coop clean up. I think the new naming scheme will be building#, then "N" for North side, etc. So this is 2N. Map of buildings is in the works. (No, it's not really)
Today's "What is it?"
I know what it is, but I bet very few of you know. It is not a redneck torture device.
Even more cast iron to move.
I aired up the tires on this sprayer and drug it off to #14N. Or #12N. I need to make signs.
Nick had a test and got 100%. Most of the kids did really bad. The teacher made them take the test again.
Still clearing
Pack rat area. I've shoveled probably 30lbs. of rat poop. Is hantavirus gritty in your mouth?
Found this guy in the pile of lumber/poop.
He's a bigun'. Side note- I think this will be the first pair of gloves I wear out before I lose them.
Bonus "What is it?" Why would you cut wood like this? Is it so it can bend and form?
A visitor from the field. I did NOT show Nick.
After running the weedeater I saw one of he outside dogs digging where I had just trimmed grass. She dug up what I guess is one of the deer hides from last Fall. She kept shaking her head as she pulled it out of the hole. Why? It was covered in maggots.
Almost there. Need to move a stack of 14' long 2x10s and some shorter 2x12s.
Cut some grass
Lumber rack is filling
Poison Ivy crop coming along nicely.
Bread dough
Bread
Grandma made sausage. Like summer sausage. SO DAMNED GOOD!
Another bread. I made 3 total. You probably don't need to see another bread picture.
Getting ready for Easter egg hunt at High School.
Couldn't find his Easter basket. He's using a Wal-Mart bag. I fail as a parent.
Kids lined up like Indians on a ridge in an old cowboy movie
here they come
Not much "hunting" involved
Nick is in there somewhere
He got about 30-40 "eggs"
Grandma made apple muffins. Nick put his on this paper towel, then stepped 3 feet away to get his glass of milk. Muffin is gone.
Ben helps me prepare a bed in the garden
Nick slices plastic for mulch
The boys help me lay out irrigation
Plastic mulch on grow areas, cardboard on walk areas. That's more than 50' of pizza boxes.
Beer case boxes are catching up on the left.
Finished cleaning out the old blacksmith shop (#4). Another firewood rack built and ready.
Pano view of firewood. 4 stacks deep
78° and a mayo jar of sweet tea.
Note to self- find and put up the hammock.
Garden finally ready for planting. I ran out of hay mulch, had to finish with leaves.
Nick decorated Easter cookies.
Easter dinner tater salad,
and home-made baked beans
and ham. Looks funny because of rub; brown sugar, 2 mustards, etc., but tastes good
Inside the Blue Bird box. Eggs are gone, devoured by these creatures I guess. When you open the lid, their mouths pop wide open
Planted a bed of 24 cabbages
planted another row of carrots. the first row (not visible in this blurry pic) is just coming up.
Put 5
Saluyot seedlings in the ground
Last picture I took today. Useless. I just finished planting 24 Lebo beans in the dark and rain. "But Blake, I've never heard of a "Lebo" bean". And I'd be surprised if you knew of it. It is a bean that has been raised by our family since... nobody knows. My Great-Grandmother's maiden name was "Lebo", and it was a bean that her family grew for as long as anybody could remember. I can't even remember what they taste like; not enough grown for consumption in decades. I would grow 6-8 plants every couple of years out in California just to save fresh seeds. This year we will eat some.
