Giving no till a chance and greenhouse update

My husband is an old school farmer. He wants to till and disc up everything. I am trying to get him to try a new way (an new way for him) to not grind up the ground so much and use a bunch things we have to build UP the soil. 

I laid down card board... another recycle, reuse. 

 We have a large pile of compost... recycle, reuse.

We have a bunch of clean dirt. 

I went through some of my wool.  To dispel a myth.... our sheep are sheared not butchered for their wool.  

This summer I hope to have enough time to really get into spinning wool.

I took all the grungy bits and laid it on the cardboard.  It works as a mulch. 

Then topped that with the compost. 

The final step is the new dirt.  I had to giggle.  When I got home from work, I found Dude had made a "box" around it.   It does look nice and thank you. 

In the coming days I will put my herbs here and maybe more strawberries. I like that it is a large area.

Here's what's going on in the greenhouse. 

Meat hens are growing quickly.  This may be the last time we raise them.  We have raised them for the last 6 years.  The expense, butchering them and going more toward a veggie base life it doesn't make sense to raise so many for us.  We also no longer butcher our lambs. 

Happy Thankful Thursday. 

peace

Tuesday with the Toddler

 I did get the Money Jar finished for the little one.... He loves dinos.  The Stegosaurus helps open up the jar way better than just the lid.   Uh, yes, I got scolded by Dude for having glitter in the house.  If you are married to me, there will always be glitter somewhere.  I have lots of jars of glitter that need to be used up and make the world a bit more sparkling. 

I think he will like it. 

 

I  had a chance to go see the Toddler today.   We did a little bit of painting today.  I brought some recycled cardboard tubes... aka empty toilet paper rolls... grin. 

We cut lots of spikes .  Then the Toddler made sure the spikes all got smooched down. It's a very important job.

Then, after squirting paint onto a paper, dipped the tubes into the paint and  onto a big piece of paper. 

We painted exploding flowers. 

 Beautiful flowers!

It was a fun time. 

We played outside and later he worked in the yard with his Uncle.  I was so glad to have time with them before heading to work!

peace 

What did Dude do last week, an apple salad and crafting a money jar

Dude has been very busy, as always.  I thought I'd give you a peek into what he has been doing. Right now he is off to the hardware store to get grease for the tractor and then turning the compost. 

He put together a chicken coop for someone. 

Stained and delivered.

And how do you think we get perfectly straight rows in our gardens... yes, Dude.

Plus, always fixing a fence somewhere

or making sure our toilets can flush...ugh. 

all this after he rearranges what I have put in the dishwasher...wink.

From that garden I made another salad today. 

Mixed greens, apples, dates, walnuts, and red onion. 

Topped with a little apricot hard goat cheese. 

The dressing was balsamic vinegar, stone ground mustard and small bit of maple syrup.

Put them up for meals during the week.

Listening to... all I can say is...oh...my … goodness.

Money Monday … I wanted to make a money jar for one of my grandsons.  I got an old pickle jar... I save a box of them, we try to recycle whatever we can. Mod Podge the whole thing and cover in fabric. 

I finished the bottom of it when I got home from work.

and glittered up the lid.

Now to let everything dry until tomorrow. Then add a dinosaur to the lid.

I will post how it turns out tomorrow. 

peace