Monday, July 2, 2012

Scenes From Our Greenhouse.

So, we have a nice greenhouse out here. 

It's big. The size of a small home, really. I am not a gardener. Yet. 

This year, I am really trying though. I certainly have the room. Most of the greenhouse is basically a garage. That will change when we actually get... a garage.



I have a little corner for my attempts at growing from seed. Its happening. Things are growing!



Tomato plants even! 




It gets quite warm in there. Warm enough to grow tomatoes? We shall see.




I planted stuff in our raised beds in the garden. Filled all the raised beds actually, forgetting that I started a bunch of seeds. I now must find places for all the squash, beans and flowers we started. 


We will figure something out.


Sully helped by building a sweet planter box with scrap wood. I love it! He doesn't because he is like his dad, precise and into perfection. I like jagged, scrappy and goofy. 


He totally made it to order.


Some of the canary bird vines have a home now. These grew like crazy last year. Hoping for a repeat.




And now, in the greenhouse, are 5 new babies. Baby chicks! They are doing well and soon we will have beautiful green-blue eggs to add to our lovely selection. 




Last time, we had the chicks in the workshop. Cant do that this time. Show you why shortly. (It's part of the reason we have so much scrap wood.)


Happy new week to you!



Friday, June 29, 2012

this moment.


{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

-Amanda Soule (SouleMama)


Happy Friday!
It's beach and fishin' for us today.

How 'bout you?


Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Logging Time.


We had logs delivered when there was still lots of snow on the ground.


Then Jeff and his brother moved them all into a huge pile out back.
I couldn't see the chicken coop or the back gate for months!

Huge pile.


The kids played on it.
The chickens played on it.

And sometimes, Jeff would split logs by hand.


Then he rented a splitter.
Got the rest done in an afternoon.
Then we had a giant pile of split logs blocking my view.


Logs that had to be stacked.


 So we stacked.


 And we staaaaaacked.


We have three separate, neatly stacked log locations now. 
The one above has 4 more rows than shown.
Thats a lot of logs.
(And did I say, stacking?)


It was a lot of work but its the kind of work I am craving these days.
Work like growing food and raising animals.
Many of us are being pulled in that direction, aren't we?

I guess it was actually easy, really.
The darn things were cut and delivered to us.
Now we will be warm for the rest of the year.

Luxury for just a few splinters.

Happy Wednesday!







Monday, June 25, 2012

Some Color.

Been pretty grey today.
The past week has been super colorful.

Summer colorful, for sure.

 red

 orange

 yellow

 green

 blue(ish, kinda)

 purple

 pink (and Hazel)

 fawn and sandy flemish
(but named, Banana and Dark)

black and white 
(and buff, not pictured.)

Having colorful days too?
Hope so...