Happy 4th of July!
We stayed around the homestead for the holiday weekend. Well, most of it. We visited family and friends at the Lake, and stole off on a few motorcycle rides. But. We started on the big barn.
We've managed to move one barn door from the ruble. It wasn't moved very far, and is now waiting it's next move. They are heavy by the way. It'll take more than two of us to get it up and on the other barn. Hubby and I dug through the debris and started pulling out barn siding. We took the saw to a few, made them look nice, and delivered them to the folks who knocked the barn down. They loved the "samples" and we'll be back to this mess.
All that siding laying down is weighed down by beams, so we have to get equipment to take care of that to free up the siding.
See that siding up on the old straw? Well, I removed the fungus covered wood, and crawled up there.
I got what I could without putting myself in danger, and my legs got stung by stinging nettle. It hurt the entire time we were out there, and my legs were red. However, by the the time we retired that day, the rash was completely gone. Seriously. Could I be immune to it now due to drinking nettle all the time? I know my hands broke out with a rash before, but my legs seem to have a reverse situation.
I planted zinnia seeds 3 times this year. The first planting, 3 places popped up. And a pot of them. However, all the remaining plantings did not. I replanted. Nothing. I bought seeds and replanted. Nothing.
Then I saw them.
Birds. They have multiplied this season.
The robins and chickadees in the exact locations of the plantings (I put markers so I knew where to water). Grr. They were eating them so no flowers. I will have to start seeds indoors next year, or if you have a tip to keep birds out of the flower beds (without looking gaudy) please share.
We may be eating ground hog as well as rabbit for dinner this summer. I now have a ground hog issue. I've seen him before, and thought he was just passing through, but no....
June bearing strawberry season is over, and it's the end of our radishes too. The radishes left in the ground, are already going to seed.
This is the last of the harvest. I won't be getting another batch of radish relish, but I will be roasting these.
Bread was baked again over the weekend. Just our regular 'ol every day stuff going on here. Nothing spectacular, nor exciting. Other than I lost 4.2 of the 10 lbs. I gained since the stint in the hospital last winter. Proof if you lose weight fast, you'll gain back over what you lost, and it is very (very) difficult to get it back off. The scale has moved and I am very (very) happy about it. Only 5.8 more to go, and I'm down to my lowest weight of last year, then it's onto a new goal.
We stayed around the homestead for the holiday weekend. Well, most of it. We visited family and friends at the Lake, and stole off on a few motorcycle rides. But. We started on the big barn.
We've managed to move one barn door from the ruble. It wasn't moved very far, and is now waiting it's next move. They are heavy by the way. It'll take more than two of us to get it up and on the other barn. Hubby and I dug through the debris and started pulling out barn siding. We took the saw to a few, made them look nice, and delivered them to the folks who knocked the barn down. They loved the "samples" and we'll be back to this mess.
All that siding laying down is weighed down by beams, so we have to get equipment to take care of that to free up the siding.
See that siding up on the old straw? Well, I removed the fungus covered wood, and crawled up there.
I got what I could without putting myself in danger, and my legs got stung by stinging nettle. It hurt the entire time we were out there, and my legs were red. However, by the the time we retired that day, the rash was completely gone. Seriously. Could I be immune to it now due to drinking nettle all the time? I know my hands broke out with a rash before, but my legs seem to have a reverse situation.
I planted zinnia seeds 3 times this year. The first planting, 3 places popped up. And a pot of them. However, all the remaining plantings did not. I replanted. Nothing. I bought seeds and replanted. Nothing.
Then I saw them.
Birds. They have multiplied this season.
The robins and chickadees in the exact locations of the plantings (I put markers so I knew where to water). Grr. They were eating them so no flowers. I will have to start seeds indoors next year, or if you have a tip to keep birds out of the flower beds (without looking gaudy) please share.
We may be eating ground hog as well as rabbit for dinner this summer. I now have a ground hog issue. I've seen him before, and thought he was just passing through, but no....
June bearing strawberry season is over, and it's the end of our radishes too. The radishes left in the ground, are already going to seed.
The peas are still rolling in thankfully. Both snap and shell peas.
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Kristina, be careful!!! You'll end up like me, bruised, sprained and battered all the time lol...though I do admit I'm a terrible clutz. I'm glad your stinging nettle didn't sting too long. Oh gosh the birds...that's why I had chicken wire on everything, except here it was the Blue Jays eyeing all my seeded areas!!!