One of the lasers Mike uses at work needs repair, so they brought it out here and he went to work on it in the workshop/garage. Heather and I tackled the dining area and we finished the ceiling and the first coat of paint on the walls.
After lunch Heather went off to purchase a whole list of items needed for the yard and tomorrow we are going to attempt to build stone and mortar walls to enclose the next five garden plots. Neither of us has ever done this before so it should be fun!
One of the chickens, Charlie, has gone broody so Heather put her in the chicken run with a dozen fertilized eggs. If all goes well we should have a dozen little chicks in three weeks!
We have rabbits and hares living in the woods on the west side of the property and every morning I see one of the hares nibbling on grass around the orchard. I got a picture of the one of the hares, but this is the smaller one, maybe the female. The other hare is huge (I assume the male) and when he runs down the driveway he looks like a big dog! Here is the smaller one.
Most of the trees in the orchard have dropped their blossoms and if you look closely below, you can see plums starting to grow on one of the plum trees!
Heather says there are grapes on the grapevine but I don't have a picture of that yet. Maybe tomorrow.
Boy are you guys ambitious. Building rock walls???? YIKES. I've done a bit of brick pointing with dad, and one thing I know about cement, bricks, rocks,& cinder-block.... START LEVEL, and USE A LEVEL Through-Out the process, no questions, Period. Otherwise you'll (er uh Mike) will have a mess to break apart with a sledge or jackhammer, and start over. Send pics of the process!
ReplyDeleteP.S. HOW was it that MIKE could reach the skylights when you couldn't.... are you not taller than him? Just Kidding Mike, but I couldn't let that one fly by.
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