Well very long
day, but well worth every minute. To start, the wonderful piles of snow
that do not seem to want to melt, is causing for a very muddy entry to our
land. So in time a trench system with a small drive over bridge will have to be
made. That aside we got some stuff done today. Below is a picture
to where the driveway will be to our land.
Some clearing
will need to be done for sure but there is more fun to be had a ways back and I
wanted to start there. So with my orange camo hat to keep my bald head
from burning in the sun, I started to cut some trees.
We got a great
amount of trees cut down before I weighed the risk of the deep “snow holes,”
causing me to feel unsafe while cutting some bigger trees.
Way more work
to be done but we made the most out of the time we had. When we got home
we completed another major on take of our new lifestyle and that is the
planting of our food.
This is my
daughter’s favorite thing to do. To be honest I think she will be the one
to help us the most. Saturday her and I spent a good hour making a netted
ramp/laying area for some of our chickens and she had some great ideas to make
it better, which we did and it works very well. All of the plants seen
here she planted with our help. We gave both of the boys the option to
help us as well and they declined in order to play video games.
For some of our
followers you may remember a childhood story of a hen that traveled along
asking for help getting things to make something and no one would help her
accept one friend. At the end of the story the rest of the hen’s friends
found out she was making apple pie and that they never helped so they could not
have any. (That is the original story, the new one she still shares.)
Either ending the lesson was learned.
The boys will
learn they need to work for their food as well and when we move to having very
little power they also will have no option. For now they know the time is
limited and they want to get in every minute until it ends. Play outside
and work on the land until the “chow bell” is rung will be the new way of life.
Back to my job
tomorrow perhaps and pushing on through the week. First day of
work is done and now it is time for rest!
~~Jeff L.
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