Gideon and I managed to muck out the shed, last weekend...boy, was I sore the next day! UGH! I'm getting too old for this crap (literally)! Anyhow, put down a thick layer of straw on the floor of the coop, added fresh cedar chips to the nest boxes that needed it, and we bought enough straw to last the winter. We also took about half of the mucked out litter and dumped it in a hollowed out terrace we made out of cut sod earlier this summer. Jeff would like to plant a tree in the center of each of the terraces (there are three in total) and fill in with topsoil. I, on the other hand, would have liked to lay a huge double hung window over one of the hollowed our terrace squares and used it as a cold frame. Technically, I could still do that, but I will have to get "buy in" from Jeff before that happens - I need his help to move the huge window!
I still have to figure out how to harvest the sorghum by hand, but I was able to find instructions on how to harvest the sunflowers via google! That's right...I "googled" it! So, I cut off one of the heads from the sun flowers and we're experimenting with different seed harvesting techniques. Because the seeds came from a reputable seed company, we plan on keeping the seeds from the largest head and planting them next year. You can't do that with GMO seeds!
We also sold my old car...FINALLY! We didn't get much for it, but the money will help us pay off one bill (that's better than nothing, right?). The thing had been sitting for 4 months. We found coolant in the engine oil, so we IMMEDIATELY parked it! Don't worry, all of this has been disclosed to the buyers. Unlike some people in society, I can't knowingly screw people over and look at myself in the mirror each day. That's not the kind of person I am. Anyhow, we're happy to FINALLY be rid of it! Now...if we could just get rid of the broken lawn mower, our yard wouldn't look half bad!
I still have to figure out how to harvest the sorghum by hand, but I was able to find instructions on how to harvest the sunflowers via google! That's right...I "googled" it! So, I cut off one of the heads from the sun flowers and we're experimenting with different seed harvesting techniques. Because the seeds came from a reputable seed company, we plan on keeping the seeds from the largest head and planting them next year. You can't do that with GMO seeds!
We also sold my old car...FINALLY! We didn't get much for it, but the money will help us pay off one bill (that's better than nothing, right?). The thing had been sitting for 4 months. We found coolant in the engine oil, so we IMMEDIATELY parked it! Don't worry, all of this has been disclosed to the buyers. Unlike some people in society, I can't knowingly screw people over and look at myself in the mirror each day. That's not the kind of person I am. Anyhow, we're happy to FINALLY be rid of it! Now...if we could just get rid of the broken lawn mower, our yard wouldn't look half bad!