Sunday, September 9, 2012

Busy Life On the Farm

It's been some time since I've paid attention to this poor little blog. Life has been busy. I'm looking forward to a quieter year in the future. For now though, I thought I'd post a few photos.  Here is my mega-garden. When I set out to grow a garden this year I intended for it to be much smaller but we quickly ran out of space. Dad offered to roto-till the back field with the spring tooth which he attached to the back of the pick-up. Unfortunately he couldn't turn the truck around in a small space so he was forced to till an area much larger than we thought we needed. It only took me a matter of days to decide I could plant the whole thing. I even dared to call it a small garden once the plants were in place....after all I did run out of room before I ran out of plants. Just for perspective, those fence posts are approximately 10 feet apart.
We did eventually grow weeds for those of you who are wondering. :)

Of course we can't have a blog about the farm without photos of the animals.
Curious goats Pansy and Checkers.

Isn't Flavia the cat SO ADORABLE! We call it taco cat. :)

And Bina(pronounced Bee-nah) the bad, it's an old photo but...she hasn't changed.

Next on to the project of the year. Root Cellar! Yay! I'll line up a few photos of the process but we are not finished yet so I'll post the finished project when it's done. Enjoy!

Day 1 Dug the hole.
Day 2 Laid a footing
Day 3 Started the walls.
Day 4 Decided we needed a porch.
Day 5 Getting closer.
Day 6... I'll keep y'all posted, we've got to get this done before winter hits.