I spent much of the latter part of the week on the Bolens, tilling up the remainder of the garden area (that is, the part that is not covered by the straw so kindly provided to us by our tenant farmer). I only had one "accident" and that was when I caught the irrigation hose with the tines once coming out of the field. I thought I had them lifted, but I guess it must have been one of those time that they didn't come all the way up and I forgot to double-check before I came on out. Thankfully, the damage was minimal, as well as apparently easy to fix. I turned the engine off (because even when the tines are not engaged, they still rotate too much to mess with them as up close and personal as I needed to) and unwound the little bit of stiff plastic hose from the tine's axle. The whole rigmarole probably took under five minutes and I was back at work. Katherine (who by the way got a loverly sunburn out there working in the sun all day--without a hat!) took a few pictures of the day.
Does that even look like me??? I knew it was going to be funny when she took it because of how I was holding my face. :D
Heading out to work....Isn't our new driveway beautiful? It's very bright, however...thus the squinting under the hat-brim.
Happy kid. I like machinery. "RRRrrrrrr...."
Meanwhile...Daddy was doing this!
Gates for the rest of the chicken paddocks.
What did I say about it being really bright out there?
After he got done with the gates, he moved on to making a brooder coop. The base for that was our very first farmer's market tent, made out of PVC pipe...there are some memories, some very profoundly stuck in my mind, that go with that thing. However, I'm glad to see the old thing getting put to good use.
Once I was done tilling, I went and "helped" him with a little chicken wire on the new brooder coop. And then came the fun part--moving it!
Once I was done tilling, I went and "helped" him with a little chicken wire on the new brooder coop. And then came the fun part--moving it!
My "rooster-tail" cracks me up. (I started carrying a handkerchief last summer like that and haven't regretted it for a minute, no matter how goofy I look...)
Da goofy peeps!
After we got it moved, we put up snow fencing around the top. It still needs some over the top for the tarp support, but we called it quits after strapping the hole "building" down with dog-stakes and ratchet straps. One of those straps was so tied up I have no idea how it got that way...
Ready for supper...hot, tired, slightly sunburned, but satisfied with a good days work.
I am thankful for a good week, full of strength and stamina. :)
Praise God for work and fun!
Praise God for work and fun!
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