Busy day around the homestead
Due to the EPIC rainfall we are suppose to get, some things needed to be done around the house to decrease flooding around certain areas.
I got some sandbags and placed them around the front door and around the chicken coop. Then Mom and I went aroudn to each set of gutters and cleaned them all out, filters as well. She crawled up the latters while I blasted out each gutter with the gutter cleaner tool thingie. Once this was done, I pruned branches away from the dish, the hot water heater and found several strong branches that would make good frames for cucumbers, beans, peas and anything else that is a vine. Afterwards, cleaned out the chicken coop, dumping that into the compost then turning it. I told Mom, who came over to look, that the second composter was heating up. Yay. I dumped some stuff in there anyway along with water from our leaky hoses.
THEN, cleaned up from our busy messy putting everything away so it would dry further but not rust. Now that gutter tool thingie is in the garage like it should be and not behind the washing machine. I don't know-don't ask.
All that remains is to scrape the rocks the chickens so kindly removed from around areas on the house so that it has SOME protection as well as pruning that apricot tree. The giant plum tree totally needs to come down several feet but I told Mom don't expect many plums from this. Which is fine as the other plum tree does that times ten.
All in all a busy day and I am sure we both will be paying for all that work by ache bodies. Still, I feel like a lot got done that normally would be ignored or worse. Having a week of rain really energized me, us both to just fix some issues. This might also spell the end for the nearly 40 yr old shed behind the house. I am not sad though; in its place will be a functional small barn for goats, tools and supplies. The spare room in the garage can be the plant baby sitting room.
I got some sandbags and placed them around the front door and around the chicken coop. Then Mom and I went aroudn to each set of gutters and cleaned them all out, filters as well. She crawled up the latters while I blasted out each gutter with the gutter cleaner tool thingie. Once this was done, I pruned branches away from the dish, the hot water heater and found several strong branches that would make good frames for cucumbers, beans, peas and anything else that is a vine. Afterwards, cleaned out the chicken coop, dumping that into the compost then turning it. I told Mom, who came over to look, that the second composter was heating up. Yay. I dumped some stuff in there anyway along with water from our leaky hoses.
THEN, cleaned up from our busy messy putting everything away so it would dry further but not rust. Now that gutter tool thingie is in the garage like it should be and not behind the washing machine. I don't know-don't ask.
All that remains is to scrape the rocks the chickens so kindly removed from around areas on the house so that it has SOME protection as well as pruning that apricot tree. The giant plum tree totally needs to come down several feet but I told Mom don't expect many plums from this. Which is fine as the other plum tree does that times ten.
All in all a busy day and I am sure we both will be paying for all that work by ache bodies. Still, I feel like a lot got done that normally would be ignored or worse. Having a week of rain really energized me, us both to just fix some issues. This might also spell the end for the nearly 40 yr old shed behind the house. I am not sad though; in its place will be a functional small barn for goats, tools and supplies. The spare room in the garage can be the plant baby sitting room.