Speaking of land. Hubby went guns-blazing with the garden expansion yesterday. He literally wore me out. I put 11,000 steps on my fitbit in garden work alone (by 3pm). I had gone to the garden to plant the onions, but they are still not planted.
He even cleared the grass for our first grape arbor. Here it is before the plants and poles are added. I actually put the plants in the ground before we quit for the day. Poles and wire will go in on another day. It's not on a hill, I was so tired by then, I just didn't hold my camera straight (ha ha!).
This photo makes this part of the garden look small. It's too big to get the entire garden in one photo. This is the next section to get tilled. We have much work to do yet.
We were plum tuckered out, and I now have blisters on my feet, and we both had sore backs. The sod we removed, was placed in the wagon and hauled to low areas that flood, and filled in there, so it all worked out, but was heavy and hard work.
This morning, our 15 year-old said, "Mom? When you have time could you research something to help my sun allergy?"
As it turns out, she breaks out in hives on her face, if she spends too much time in the sun. She was out helping us in the garden, and ended up inside with a cold pack on her face and a dose of Benadryl to stop the allergic reaction. Does anyone have a salve recommendation? Many sun screens have bad chemicals, so I guess I do have some research to do. On a rainy day that is.
Happy Goats ~ Blisters and Backaches © May 2015 by Kristina at Pioneer Woman at Heart
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You all sure are busy! This is a fun time of year. I had to giggle when you said you put 11K steps on your fitbit. We have a pedometor on our phones but when we're doing farm work I generally leave the phone in the house so it doesn't get dropped/broken. Then I will come back in and the phone will notify me that I have been "inactive for an hour, how about taking a walk?" I think they should have a special app for farmy folk like us. ;)
I haven't started any gardening...need to get to work.
I've heard of people having a sun allergy-- I've no idea about how to care for it.
Hope your grapes do well.
Would be very interested in hearing about your research - I end up as quite an unsightly red mess if I get sun directly on my face, and I'm not a fan of sunscreen either. For the time being a big hat seems to be a solution for me too - but can't help thinking that some balm of coconut oil and aloe vera could be good....
what you think? (oh just read Susans comment!!)