With Only One Day of Sun, Lots to Get Done

Seed Spreader

Lovely Sheep Manure

Farmer has to rest sometime....

Farmer Cris spreading the cover crop

Saturday was the only good day because it rained again Sunday. Cris and Alex headed out early and found a lumber company near the farm that has wood cheaper than Lowes and they deliver...which will come in handy. Cris picked up the posts for the barn but we were unable to install them due to the rain.

By the time I got to the farm, the guys had picked up another load of sheep manure from our friend's farm. There was a mama goat at Susan's farm that had just had baby goats right before they got there. Alex's baby sheep friend, Bubba, remembered him and came up running.

Saturday afternoon Cris seeded 6 acres with cover crop; rye grass, fetch and clover. We had to use our friend's tractor because our tractor needed a new gasket, which we didn't know until we tried to start it. The seeder attaches to the back of the tractor; it looks like a funnel and the bottom spins to distribute the seed on the ground. (I am learning a lot, can you tell)

While Cris was riding around on the tractor, I did some tilling to get the ground ready for the vegie plants. Then, halfway through tilling, the belt broke on it.... so that will have to be completed next weekend.

The mushroom logs have been placed in the woods, stacked like lincoln logs to sit for 9 mos.; then we will lean them up vertically so the shitakes will grow.

It isn't suppose to rain again until next weekend (of course) so hopefully Friday we will finish tilling and get the posts in the ground. Cris and I both are off work Friday.

Wildlife: we saw some turkeys and deer on the farm this weekend. It will be interesting to camp on the farm and see what happens at night. You can really see the stars out there since there's no electricity yet.