Lovely sun shine
I may have maligned Ben’s friends last week. Ben was away on the week end and knew nothing about anyone coming for wood. We have asked around friends who we allow to collect timber and it was not any of them so until we speak to them Ben’s friends are still suspects. We are now keeping a close eye on who drives up the road and uses chainsaws.
The week started OK but got progressively wetter. The area that is being paved became a quagmire and had to be abandoned but Andrew and mates did concrete the bit of floor in the big shed where we store animal feed. Now we will be able to sweep up any spilt grain. This will help with keeping down mouse numbers. The new cat has refused to do any farm work and just hangs around the house waiting to be fed. Very disappointing.
Andrew also used his machine to dig holes for the fence posts of the new chook run to go into. Edd has been putting poles in and clearing up dead timber from the area. It was so nice and sunny that I stopped work on the kitchen splash back and went out to help Edd.
The chooks have eaten all the grass in their present run, so I have been feeding them greens from the vegetable garden. I hope we will get the pen ready so that the students on the September camp can move them.
The goats are starting to show that they are pregnant, and some are bagging up. There is a lot of new spring growth and already the milk yield is going up. The nectarine trees are covered with flowers and buds are bursting everywhere. Yarra Glen is looking very festive with a show of pink flowering cherries. I have been giving away bunches of coriander and we are enjoying eating our snow peas. It looks as if the year is turning fast.
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