When you find a deal you have to jump on it or so Dude says.
After hearing our six your old grandson say we need to get flooring put in because he might get splinters from the subfloor and the dog is sad because she is probably getting splinters too, Dude headed off to the Big Box Store of Home Improvements. The store clerk had just put out cork flooring and was marking it ridiculously down from $3.79 to $.76 get the product out the door. He bought almost everything they had and headed home. He was so hyped he began to lay flooring as soon as he got home from work. Furniture was moved and work was begun. More to come today.
This year we tried something different with our carrots. After reading about hugelkultur, a type of gardening with raise beds and logs, we gave it a try but with a twist. We dug a trench, laid down logs and branches then covered it with mixture of rich raised bed soil and compost. We planted carrot seeds in the fall and waited. As it began to get cold and snow fell heavily we covered it all in straw.
Yesterday, in 30* weather and snow still on the ground that had now frozen, we went out to get carrots. We hoped they did not get soft or taste mealy. They were neither but instead firm, crisp and sweet tasting carrots. We are not sure how long we can continue have them but we are hoping throughout the winter we will be digging up carrots.
This is how it looked when we went out.
Of course, the goats had to come take a look.
Beautiful !
Good morning! Motto in our house is , " Animals first". Here is a look at our Sunday Morning.
Time for breakfast.
