In the last two days, we
Bought and hauled a yard of compost (which we found at the most amazing place ever in Mac — Greenlands Landscape Supply). A photo of the pile:
(Not very exciting picture, I know.)
Hauled a load to the dump.
Bought and hauled a ton of lime. (By the way, we borrowed a truck for most of this — which made it clear to us that we need our own pick-up. The Honda Civic isn’t going to make due as a ‘farm car’ much longer.)
Built a wash-station:
The left side is where we’ll hose off veggies, which we’ll then put to drain in clean baskets on the lower table to the right. (By the way, I — Katie — built the shorter table, which looks like it was made really fast — but it took me a long time. Considering that the legs are 4x4s, it’s not really that strong. But it will work.)
Bought all the items to make a ‘hot’ bench for starting tomatoes and such.
Started all the utilities on our new house.
Started moving into our new house.
Visited some of the grocery stores in town to check out the markets.
Talked to a local oil company about getting bio-diesel for the tractor.
Casey got covered in grease while putting together the grease gun (wrong, at first).
Inventoried the tools in the tool shed (as well as we could).
Picked up odds and ends at Wilco, Lumberman’s, Lowe’s, and Valley Feed and Seed.
Walked around Mac some more.
It was a lot of hauling and running around. Not exactly what we pictured as ‘farming,’ but fun nonetheless. Being off the farm more in Mac is also giving us a better idea of the town. We’re rapidly falling in love with our new community.
I am so proud and so excited about all your hard work! What a daunting project (I couldn’t even manage a tiny plot at the house in Woodland), you’re doing an awesome job! I’m growing daffodils on my windowsill. Herbs shortly to follow, hopefully. Welcome to the next chapter!!!
Wishing you great success in your endevors – looking forward to seing the progress.
Regards.