I am
still trying, and I think succeeding, in making our summer fun, eventful,
entertaining as well as a learning experience in the process. So far I keep getting a big thumbs up from
the kids.
Monday – we started out our day with a little tidying up around
the house and then we got busy and got started.
We headed to the library to return our books and pick out some new ones
to check out. The girls turned in their
first reading program voucher and received some great prizes. After the library we headed to the grocery
store for milk and cream to make homemade ice cream and a box of cones. We headed home and made the ice cream. Then rode our bikes to the park and ate
lunch. After we got home the girls
enjoyed some down time to read their library books and I sewed. I was able to make the girls two more
sundresses.
Tuesday – I made applesauce bread and banana bread for
breakfast. We had that with homemade
yogurt and frozen raspberries I thawed.
Delicious! Then we got dressed
and the girls set up at the patio table for some watercolor art. That project kept them busy until it was time
to ride our bikes to the park and eat lunch.
After we got home we had just enough time to unload our daypacks and put
our bikes away before heading out to catch a matinee. It’s $1 Tuesday at our neighborhood
theatre. We saw Chimpanzee – great
movie!
Wednesday – we spent the day at Grandma and
Grandpa’s house. I took a pan of
lasagna, a salad and fresh made garlic bread.
It was a great time spent visiting with my parents and checking out my
mom’s garden and flowerbeds. I was also
able to go through my dad’s scrap lumber pile and score pressure treated wood
to build a new strawberry bed. Mom gave
me some raspberry plants and when I get my strawberry bed built she has starts
for me too. Yeah for me!
Thursday – our day was spent working around the house. My oldest elected to work inside cleaning the
bathrooms and dusting. This left the
outdoor chores to me and the young one.
We started out by mowing and raking the lawn and then hanging up a load
of clothes on the line. Then we headed
to the very backyard to water the garden and pull weeds (fortunately there
weren’t many). We got the raspberry bed
turned up and amended. Then we planted the
raspberry starts. We were so motivated
after that we ended up building a four foot raised bed extension to our garden!
We even got the soil in. Now we are ready for the strawberry
plants. Next we got the end roll of wire
fencing my dad gave me out of the back of the pickup and made tomato cages out
of it. In the late afternoon (we were completely
pooped out at this point) my parents came by to check out the chicken coop idea
and it looks like we are going forward with it!
We found the perfect spot for it and I already have the coop planned
out. The girls are very excited. We are going to be urban farmers.
Friday – I can’t believe it is Friday already! I started my day out sorting and going
through my canning jars and supplies. It
looks like I’ll need one more box of lids and a box or two of pints. That should do it. I’m glad I have that $3 coupon for the jars.
After
breakfast went to the feed store for chick starter and feeders; then off to Home
Depot for chicken wire. We cleared the area
for the new chicken coop and built the base frame. We put wire under it so the raccoons, skunks
and voles won’t dig their way into the coop and the chickens won’t dig big
holes when they dust. I plan to cover the
wire with a nice dirt and sand mixture so they can dust and it won’t get sticky
muddy when it rains. We constructed a
brooder out of a huge box my next door neighbor had. I had plastic quart sized mayonnaise jars for
the chick feeders so we go those set up and the brooder all ready.
After
lunch I took the girls to the Dunlap Hatchery in Caldwell, Idaho. dunlaphatchery.net They were able to look at a huge variety of
peeps and make their selection. We are
now chick parents to three of the cutest little peeps. The girls are absolutely thrilled with them. They gave us a catalog with care information
in it and the girls have already gone through it cover to cover. For them this is very exciting.
It is
hard to believe this week is already over but what a way to end it. We’ll spend the weekend working on chicken
coop construction and tending our flock.
We are definitely becoming urban farmers. J
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