Weather
- Temperature: 23°F
- Barometer: 29.85 inHg
- Clouds: Overcast
- Wind: Calm
- Visibility: 10 miles
- Sunrise: 7:39 am GMT-8
- Sunset: 4:11 pm GMT-8
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May
18
Painting the Barn…at least part of it
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Weather:
Beautiful, warm mid 80’s. Overcast.
Plantings:
Transplanted the peppers to garden. Direct sowed string beans. The strawberries are coming back nicely.
Activities:
Moved the herbs to planter boxes, sage, parsley and oregano. Weeded the vegetables and watered.
Miscellaneous Notes & Observations:
Painted the front of the chicken coop. Also painted the coop door, bright yellow. I am still working on the inside, it needs a good cleaning. I am thinking about painting the nesting boxes but we’ll see. I am also working on painting the tact room which I use as a brooder for the chicks.
I am thinking that I will wait until next spring to get a new batch of chickens.
The hummingbirds are back and I am making a batch of food for them. They are very good at letting you know they have arrived. One of them was hanging out by my desk window.
The vegetable garden needs some more wood chips and I will have to wait awhile before I can build some raised bed.
Dec
2
More snow
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We awoke to a new 6 inches of snow this morning. Yesterday, Richard went to town to get some chicken feed, when he got home he just parked the car in the usual spot thinking we could take the feed to the barn in the morning. Sorry, not so easy. With the new batch of snow not much was moving about the place.
Since the truck is in need of a new battery, we were afraid that it wouldn’t start but it did and Richard was able to get the snow patted down by driving over it. Another surprise was the the temperature has gone up to 34° which means it is no longer snowing but raining 
which I am not sure about, it is going to make all this snow mushy.
We did get the feed to the barn and the chickens fed. That was pretty much our Sunday.
Aug
19
Another tree stump bites the dust
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All summer Richard has
been ripping out tree stumps. This stump is just past the hay shed, about 20 feet. This is about the 7th stump Rich has ripped out this summer.
He has started taking out an stump close to this one. He has also been trimming the trees, taking the branches up to about 10 feet, clearing out the under growth. It is really nice, and of course a great place to walk.
Aug
5
a walk in the woods
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Every evening Richard and I take a walk in the back woods of our property. Richard has spent a lot of time out there clearing trees and removing under brush.
In the spring, once he is able to he mows paths. They start at the car port where the picture to the left was taken and go on behind the house to the hay barn. At the hay barn if you take a right you can walk the path along the property line in the back - then round the corner and take the path through the middle of the trees.
The dogs love the walk and it gives them some exercise after being in the house all day. We usually stop by and check on the chickens and some nights we walk up to the vegetable garden to see how things are up there. This is truly a pleasure to be able to take the “boys” for a walk without the worry of other dogs or cars.
It is truly a beautiful piece of property, Richard’s hard work on the back end has given us a quite haven to enjoy on these summer evenings. We both enjoy the walk and the dogs as they travel the landscape as they have never been there before, each evening they find something new and interesting to smell, run after or watch. As for Richard and I we just enjoy the dogs and the peace.