It's Turning into a Real Farm...

 Well, this weekend was crazy-busy on the farm, but we've gotten quite a bit done now. First of all, the weather has gotten to the point where the chickens can be outside. And so they are:

It's tough to see them, but they are in there, all five of our Rhode Island Reds. It looks like we've got two roosters and three hens, so we'll have to see what transpires between them. Hopefully, it doesn't turn into a Chicken Thunderdome.

The chicken tractor is crude, but it works, for now. Over the summer, we're going to build a coop in the barn for the winter; we'll reevaluate the chicken tractor at that time to decide if we'll keep it for next year or build a better version.

The other part of the farm that is turning out nicely is the gardens. Here's Ashton with his favorite toy, doing some work:

Now, I'd asked for three gardens to be dug up and tilled, 4 feet by 32 feet long. As you can see, he went the extra mile and did five. The garlic that we planted is at the left side of the foremost row, just off camera. It's growing like crazy, and the leaves already smell amazing.

I have to admit, while it did feel good to dig the gardens myself, watching him use his new tiller to tear up the sod and mulch it under while making nice rows to plant seeds in was much easier on my back. And we're using the side-by-side to cart the dirt over to where he will be doing some soil screening next weekend.

Man, I'm starting to feel like a farmer. Hopefully this fifty-year-old body will be able to handle it.

In other news related to the part of the blog that people actually read, I just found out that this blog was linked on a couple of Traveller blogs. Well, that's pretty kind of them, so I'm going to return the favor and include links to them on the site as well. The two that I found are:

Traveller, Craig Oliver's site where he discusses Traveller and other RPGs, including the software he designs for it. Check it out; you might find something you like!

Shawn Driscoll's RPG Vlog, in which he discusses the game through video blogging. I've seen videos ranging from under three minutes to twenty-five minutes long, so there's plenty to look at.

And that's it for today; it's been a long day, and it's not done yet.