The Weather is Conspiring Against Me!

Well, this is the third weekend in a row that it is going to rain. Yes...I know..."we need the rain", but it is really hard not to take it personally. Four days out of the week I spend indoors at the shop, so when Monday roles around I am absolutely chomping on the proverbial bit to get outside and work in the garden at Green Acres. I've made plans to finish making raised beds and get the drip system online, but of course it rains on Monday....again! That also means that I will not be able to mess with the soil until Wednesday when the soil dries out enough.

After much complaint I've come to terms with my predicament and made a plan for indoor activity.

1. I am going to finish working on the garden plan I'm drawing. Basically a picture of garden with beds labeled with numbers that coincide with a list of each plant and when it was put in the ground. The goal is to have this for next year so we can know what grew where and how well it did.

2. Bake bread! For those of you who know me well you know how bad I am at cooking and baking. I figured that if I am going to do this homestead thing I really need to improve me domestic kitchen skills. I know bread is a big step, but Jenna Woginrich's book, Made from Scratch, gave me the confidence to try. Updates tomorrow.

3. While the bread is rising I will wash Ayden, my very stinky mutt.

4. Draw out a plan for the chicken tractor Justin and Louie are going to build for Heather and I so we have a place to house the flock of meat chickens we will be getting soon. More info on that later.

Of course, although it will be raining, at 1 pm I have to head over to Green Acres to feed Charlotte and Rose. While I am there I will be treating Athena, the dairy goat, for bloat with a concoction of olive oil and baking soda. I am not sure how wrestling with a 150+ lb goat is going to go, but I'll update you on that later.

There is always something interesting happening on the farm.