I made a trip about 1 hour west of here to pick up some Alpaca Manure for the garden. Of course 1 truck load was just enough to spread into 1/4 of the garden... It did not cover the entire quarter but close enough for now.
Wow..I never realized it was so big in comparative to what most have until we unloaded what would have been enough for a small backyard garden. The Captain helped me unload it all into the quarter meant for Tomatoes this year.
While there I spoke with the woman who raises the alpaca's and looked over some wonderful fiber she sells. This stuff is amazingly soft!
I should have taken a pic before I packed any up.. The woman was so nice and we chatted a bit about her fiber and who she sells it to. if anyone is looking for some Alpaca fiber, contact me and I can send you her contact information. reasonable pricing and a great product to spin with.
I just had to get some and will be sending it out to Spinning Grandma today. She could use a little pick me up after her surgery. It is white and should be enough for one skein.
We got the new chicken pen put up. Still waiting on the Goat barn to be removed by its buyer. Should be this weekend so I can get the cord wood coop going. i finally have my permission from the health department to start building my Solar pit greenhouse. Now if I can just get the balance due for the shed I can buy my materials and get the windows for the mudroom from the habitat store.
Don Julio enjoyed his time out there with the chicks in there temporary A frame chicken tractor.
I usually bring the doe's out to the garden in a folding fence pen over the carrot patch, but today was Don Julio's time to romp and laze around in the yard. Hard to keep an eye on rabbits in different areas while working. Do you see him lounging by the A frame? That is one friendly rabbit. he may be of a smaller size, but his personality has made him a keeper. He even knows his name already!
The captain helped get the new pond hard shell liner in place. Waiting to order the solar powered fountain pump from Harbor freight.
I think we will put some baby bass fish in the outside ponds. Going to contact a local hatchery for a small order. between this 32 gallon and the 125 gallon, we should be fine for their space. I could always add some to our indoor pond if there are too many in the smallest order they have. Thought if anything, I could always put some up for sale on the local craigs list should space become a problem. After they grow out to an edible size, we will harvest most of them for the freezer. Save some for future breeding- gotta read up on how that would work with our system.
We removed all the old animal fencing and enclosed the entire garden.
If weather continues to cooperate, we are putting the Zip Line up, starting by the magic tree. ( We bought one for the kids last winter holiday and became more giddy then they were when it was opened...We are such big kids).
A platform will be built for them to reach the zip line handle. The best part? it will hold up to 225 pounds of weight so we get to play on it too!
Building their tree house "deck" more towards summer. Building this See saw "teeter totter" in the next month between all the other building going on here..
I have a few other projects we are working towards for the outdoor enjoyment and will do a mini tutorial on those too. I have found that living in the north, buying something for the enjoyment during the short season of nice weather does not justify the price. Between the see saw and an outdoor enclosed shade canopy, the pricing gets steep. So build what you can and be proud of the skill you have learned. plus the money saved for more important things.
I am finally feeling better after the whole mess which transpired over the holidays. Things are much better with us and despite not following through with counseling, the books we have been reading over have made an improvement. We decided counseling would end up in more anger and the blame game. instead, we are working towards making each more happy and secure in our relationship by being there for each other in ways we overlooked as we began to have children. A partners companionship cannot be just about the children in the house or their wants. We need to be "us" and make that time for "us". We have put so much into being parents, we overlooked our own relationship. Some advice for those of you who may be interested... Before you to fall into the pattern, discuss heart to heart with your partner what you miss th most from before having children. Discuss how you can incorporate some of that Back into your relationship. The children are not small forever, but when they do get old enough to move out of the home or not be cared after, what shape will your relationship be in after all the years of neglect?
Just some food for thought. Your children are of course the most important, but their happiness and healthy future relationship quality will come from what they learn by observing YOU.
Having this different work schedule of his has helped our relationship in making that time. Frog is the only child home during the day and is easily amused while we work together in the garden or in the yard. We started laughing again with each other. Hugging and all those other mushy things that became far and few. I forgot how good he smells when we hug... Too much info? yeah, I think I best get off to dreamland anyway. Frog snuck in bed with us last nigh forcing me to not sleep and be up by 3am..
Sweetest dreams,
~Tammie
Wow..I never realized it was so big in comparative to what most have until we unloaded what would have been enough for a small backyard garden. The Captain helped me unload it all into the quarter meant for Tomatoes this year.
While there I spoke with the woman who raises the alpaca's and looked over some wonderful fiber she sells. This stuff is amazingly soft!I should have taken a pic before I packed any up.. The woman was so nice and we chatted a bit about her fiber and who she sells it to. if anyone is looking for some Alpaca fiber, contact me and I can send you her contact information. reasonable pricing and a great product to spin with.
I just had to get some and will be sending it out to Spinning Grandma today. She could use a little pick me up after her surgery. It is white and should be enough for one skein.
We got the new chicken pen put up. Still waiting on the Goat barn to be removed by its buyer. Should be this weekend so I can get the cord wood coop going. i finally have my permission from the health department to start building my Solar pit greenhouse. Now if I can just get the balance due for the shed I can buy my materials and get the windows for the mudroom from the habitat store.
Don Julio enjoyed his time out there with the chicks in there temporary A frame chicken tractor.
I usually bring the doe's out to the garden in a folding fence pen over the carrot patch, but today was Don Julio's time to romp and laze around in the yard. Hard to keep an eye on rabbits in different areas while working. Do you see him lounging by the A frame? That is one friendly rabbit. he may be of a smaller size, but his personality has made him a keeper. He even knows his name already!
The captain helped get the new pond hard shell liner in place. Waiting to order the solar powered fountain pump from Harbor freight.
I think we will put some baby bass fish in the outside ponds. Going to contact a local hatchery for a small order. between this 32 gallon and the 125 gallon, we should be fine for their space. I could always add some to our indoor pond if there are too many in the smallest order they have. Thought if anything, I could always put some up for sale on the local craigs list should space become a problem. After they grow out to an edible size, we will harvest most of them for the freezer. Save some for future breeding- gotta read up on how that would work with our system.We removed all the old animal fencing and enclosed the entire garden.
If weather continues to cooperate, we are putting the Zip Line up, starting by the magic tree. ( We bought one for the kids last winter holiday and became more giddy then they were when it was opened...We are such big kids).
A platform will be built for them to reach the zip line handle. The best part? it will hold up to 225 pounds of weight so we get to play on it too!
Building their tree house "deck" more towards summer. Building this See saw "teeter totter" in the next month between all the other building going on here..
I have a few other projects we are working towards for the outdoor enjoyment and will do a mini tutorial on those too. I have found that living in the north, buying something for the enjoyment during the short season of nice weather does not justify the price. Between the see saw and an outdoor enclosed shade canopy, the pricing gets steep. So build what you can and be proud of the skill you have learned. plus the money saved for more important things.I am finally feeling better after the whole mess which transpired over the holidays. Things are much better with us and despite not following through with counseling, the books we have been reading over have made an improvement. We decided counseling would end up in more anger and the blame game. instead, we are working towards making each more happy and secure in our relationship by being there for each other in ways we overlooked as we began to have children. A partners companionship cannot be just about the children in the house or their wants. We need to be "us" and make that time for "us". We have put so much into being parents, we overlooked our own relationship. Some advice for those of you who may be interested... Before you to fall into the pattern, discuss heart to heart with your partner what you miss th most from before having children. Discuss how you can incorporate some of that Back into your relationship. The children are not small forever, but when they do get old enough to move out of the home or not be cared after, what shape will your relationship be in after all the years of neglect?
Just some food for thought. Your children are of course the most important, but their happiness and healthy future relationship quality will come from what they learn by observing YOU.
Having this different work schedule of his has helped our relationship in making that time. Frog is the only child home during the day and is easily amused while we work together in the garden or in the yard. We started laughing again with each other. Hugging and all those other mushy things that became far and few. I forgot how good he smells when we hug... Too much info? yeah, I think I best get off to dreamland anyway. Frog snuck in bed with us last nigh forcing me to not sleep and be up by 3am..
Sweetest dreams,
~Tammie
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