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| Seeding the hemp field |
Richard seeded the hemp field with his handy seeder. And about five or so days later, we had sprouts!
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| Hemp sprouts |
The baby goats are still up to their fun and games.
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| Pixie on Taylor while Patty watches. |
And we have had some amazing looking storms come through, but little to no rain for us. Richard took these photos of a storm at sunset.
And in other news...Richard got the solar panels hooked up and we are now totally off grid and functioning. We only have to run the generator for the well pump.
We have a bad connection on one of our hoses that Richard is continually trying to fix. As a result we have inadvertently made a small pond. I'm thinking of moving the pigs near it so they can enjoy some mud, which might help with the bugs.
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| run off pond |
He also made a bat house and hung it on the office in the hope that some bats will move in and help take care of our mosquito and fly problems.
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| Bat house on office |
We have so many little tiny black flies and the mosquitoes come out at dusk and dawn. Poor Harley the pig has about rubbed all of his hair off trying to scratch. One of the goats, Oreo, is doing the same, but doesn't look so bad. We spray her with bug repellent, but Harley is just too unpredictable to get close to. I have someone coming to look at him today and maybe take him home to his farm in Black Forest. That will be better for him and me.
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| Hairless Harley |
The office is coming along....
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| Office door |
We have a contractor coming today to give us an estimate on doing some pad work. We are looking to buy a tiny house...well, a nice storage building, Amish made, that we can turn into a tiny house. We have decided this is the only way we will have time to get a reasonable shelter in before winter. Things are just going too slow. The tiny house will have two lofts for bed space and we will put in a bathroom and kitchen. We are excited about making it a nice little home. But first things first....
