The Farm:
Alright. Here is the list of things that we have accomplished so far.
Firstly (And this shall be in no particular order), I finished mulching the lavender! I finished this after three days of do-diligent work. I loved having a personal project, so after I finished, I created a list of things I saw that needed doing that I could get done by myself.
Here’s the smallish list:
Random wooden post stumps in goat pens
Splotches of uncovered landscape fabric (cover with rock)
Blueberry area
Clean up milking area
Clear stuff under both houses
I have not added to the list since I made it, seeing that it has been constantly raining as of late. Once the rain lets up, I am going to work in the blueberry area first. I had already gotten some things done on that when I ended up helping Daddy out with the pond. A few cement blocks had fallen over due to extra weight from the rain, and that took some back work to get back up and sturdy.
Ah yes. Daddy (having to add more to what already needs attention) purchased a huge DIY patio covering that is super heavy and takes way more than the “one to two fit persons” the manual suggests. We have all those materials currently sitting out in the rain. It will take some time to figure out how to attach such a heavy structure to the side of our house.
I believe Jared has finished filling in the ditches in the road with rocks. It is nice not having to worry about rolling my ankle when I run down the hill for once!
I did fix those random wooden post stumps in the goat pens. Well, I cut them off. The first summer we lived here (before we got our main house)— two summers before we got animals if I remember correctly— Daddy was already thinking ahead to have animals. So we installed these 10-feet-tall wooden posts in the ground. Cement and everything. Turns out, after getting electric fencing, we do not have a use for them, so they are basically obstructions. Not to mention unsightly. When we were putting up the electric fencing, the posts got in the way so some of them were cut. They were not cut very well, however. There would still be six-inch stumps waiting for you to trip on them (which I did multiple times). It just takes a reciprocating saw and some gusto to hack those stumps off so that they are smooth and level with the ground.
Schooling (or lack of):
While Jared has been attending his daily school video conferences, I’ve been left to my own devices. My school has come up with nothing for me to work off of. I guess they did not have a global pandemic in mind when modernizing their system, so we have no e-learning means. Some days I have been a very sad couch potato. Maybe I would get in a few lessons in the kitchen from Daddy, but other than that I would spend countless hours on my phone doing God knows what. Of course, these are the days when it is raining outside and I can not bear to work out in the wet. I love rain, but when you are not moving much, it can get kind of gross being in it. Other days, I have been quite productive inside. Once I spent a whole four hours cleaning my room. In one of my daily video calls to my friend (for this is something we do nowadays to keep from going crazy), I was met with absolute disbelief that it would take even an hour to clean my room. Thankfully, my guitar teacher has been the only one sending assignments every day through Google Classroom, so I’ve been doing those too. I find that it is very helpful to lay out a very detailed Excel spreadsheet the day before describing the day’s routine.
Well, that is a very short summary of this past week. I have been procrastinating blogging this whole time. I will try to be better about it in the next coming days. Thank you for reading through all that grammatical nonsense.
P.S. Sorry for the lack of photos.
P.P.S. They take forever to upload, and I have none that do this weird post justice.
Love,
Lauren