I was fortunate to get several tasks completed on the homestead today. I was able to get half the day off from work as part of my holiday (us little people that work in retail had to work on the holiday), so I came home early and went (you guessed it) right to work.
My gorgeous wife had a couple of things for me to do right away, so I set in on those first. I needed to repair one side of our chicken coop from when our bull got out one night and used it as his scratching post. He tore off almost one whole side of it. That didn't take too terribly long as I had the material I needed on hand. I didn't even have to cut anything-BONUS!
The other thing she wanted me to do is to air up the tires on her garden cart. That didn't take but a couple of minutes. I then got Polly out of the barn (Polly is our DR Power wagon) and air up her tires. I loaded her up with firewood I had cut from a tree that fell during a storm (the same tree the destroyed the fence mentioned in another post and let the bull out to wreck the chicken coop-see how this all ties together?) With Polly loaded I set in to splitting the wood and wound up splitting a half a cord before I ran out of gas for the splitter.
All said and done, I had a pretty productive day on the homestead. It sure is a nice feeling having some things out of the way and knowing that the firewood situation for this season is all but taken care of. So, what's going on at your place?
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last year's wood pile ran out before we stopped using the stove. Firewood seems to be an all-year chore, but beats the alternative; being really, REALLY cold or having to buy propane or pay an insane electric bill.
Hopefully going to get some sweet potato slips into the ground. Had Paul rip nine trenches with the dozer. Now just have to pick the boulders out and hope there's enough dirt left over to cover up the slips.
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