Sunday, June 19, 2011
Caterpillar
Friday, June 17, 2011
Our first month is a success
We are loving life here in the woods. The garden is flourishing and we even expanded this year with a size able pumpkin and gourd patch. Construction on the barn should start next week.
With such a small house to clean I have had loads of time to catch up on my reading. Now that the kids are out of school, we will see how that goes.
Our biggest treat has been seeing all the wildlife. While playing Uno, Cooper says 'turkey' and sure enough there is a big ol' tom the turkey taking a dust bath. We see or hear the turkeys every day. Another evening after the boys were in bed Chris and I watched a pair of white barn owls swoop down at our lights. Very cool! We have so may cardinals living right outside our window along with bluebirds, humming birds and a Baltimore oriel.
We also have some not so cool wildlife. I am personally on a mission to rid the place of ground hogs and raccoons. Yesterday I caught my first groundhog in the live trap and Chris 'disposed' of it. I am still waiting for my first raccoon, now I am using tuna as bait any other suggestions??
For those of you who have been so concerned about Chris' Internet access, I am online via his new Verizon MiFi.
With such a small house to clean I have had loads of time to catch up on my reading. Now that the kids are out of school, we will see how that goes.
Our biggest treat has been seeing all the wildlife. While playing Uno, Cooper says 'turkey' and sure enough there is a big ol' tom the turkey taking a dust bath. We see or hear the turkeys every day. Another evening after the boys were in bed Chris and I watched a pair of white barn owls swoop down at our lights. Very cool! We have so may cardinals living right outside our window along with bluebirds, humming birds and a Baltimore oriel.
We also have some not so cool wildlife. I am personally on a mission to rid the place of ground hogs and raccoons. Yesterday I caught my first groundhog in the live trap and Chris 'disposed' of it. I am still waiting for my first raccoon, now I am using tuna as bait any other suggestions??
For those of you who have been so concerned about Chris' Internet access, I am online via his new Verizon MiFi.
Friday, May 27, 2011
New tennants at Watermark Woods
WooHoo! We officially reside at Watermanrk Woods. We closed on our house today and are so proud to call the Woods home.
Things are still a bit rough around the edges. We are working at getting the septic and water hooked to our new temporary dwelling(RV) and there is no Internet or phone yet, but it is such a treat to hear the owls as we drift off to sleep each night.
As I type this at a local coffee shop with free WiFi Jackson is anxiously awaiting me to return the use of his lap top. So a short and sweet posting for now but know that we are so happy to be in our new surroundings and as the next chapter in our adventure begins we have great dreams for the future of our family. Stay tuned......
Things are still a bit rough around the edges. We are working at getting the septic and water hooked to our new temporary dwelling(RV) and there is no Internet or phone yet, but it is such a treat to hear the owls as we drift off to sleep each night.
As I type this at a local coffee shop with free WiFi Jackson is anxiously awaiting me to return the use of his lap top. So a short and sweet posting for now but know that we are so happy to be in our new surroundings and as the next chapter in our adventure begins we have great dreams for the future of our family. Stay tuned......
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
The Bees Have Arrived
Link to a video of Chris and Jackson putting the bees in their new hive:
On another topic, remember when Chris' stihl chainsaw got stolen. Well he got a new one about 6 weeks age. Today it got ran over with the end loader. What a mess! He took it into Tommy the chainsaw man (who looks eerily like Robert DeNiro) and it would cost more to fix it than to buy a new one, so we have purchased our 3rd new chainsaw.
The garden is doing great, we are up to our ears in lettuce and some is actually going to seed. I need to get on the ball and prune it back some. Things are looking green and healthy, except the strawberries which are looking red and healthy!
We think we will be living at Watermark Woods in less than a week. WooHoo!!!
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Robbed Again
We are very sad to report that the theif has struck again. This time they took our game camera. At least we got a few cool photos.
We have been very busy the past couple of weeks. With Chris home all the time, a lot is getting accomplished. He and our excavator Ron, located and uncovered the septic system. It looks to be in good shape and hopefully the county will approve it for use. Ron and Chris have also began the excavation for a barn. Chris has been working hard to nail down quotes from the masonry, framers and roofers so that we can get the barn built and have a place to store our stuff.
The garden is coming along nicely. The strawberries are thriving and have loads of blooms. The asparagus I transplanted last fall is pokeing thru. Peas and beans are about 4in high and I can almost taste them already! The lettuce should be ready any day now. It is so hard to have patience. Tomatos, peppers, broccoli, artichokes and herbs are all in. Lots more seeds to go in this week.
Our current house is only ours for 4 more weeks. We have gotten into full packing mode and have started trying to sell a lot of our furniture. The pool is open and warm so the boys have been squeezing in every spare minute of swim time they can before we move.
So things are moving along and we promise to do our best to keep the blog updated, but things are happening so fast.
We have been very busy the past couple of weeks. With Chris home all the time, a lot is getting accomplished. He and our excavator Ron, located and uncovered the septic system. It looks to be in good shape and hopefully the county will approve it for use. Ron and Chris have also began the excavation for a barn. Chris has been working hard to nail down quotes from the masonry, framers and roofers so that we can get the barn built and have a place to store our stuff.
The garden is coming along nicely. The strawberries are thriving and have loads of blooms. The asparagus I transplanted last fall is pokeing thru. Peas and beans are about 4in high and I can almost taste them already! The lettuce should be ready any day now. It is so hard to have patience. Tomatos, peppers, broccoli, artichokes and herbs are all in. Lots more seeds to go in this week.
Our current house is only ours for 4 more weeks. We have gotten into full packing mode and have started trying to sell a lot of our furniture. The pool is open and warm so the boys have been squeezing in every spare minute of swim time they can before we move.
So things are moving along and we promise to do our best to keep the blog updated, but things are happening so fast.
Saturday, April 9, 2011
BeeKeepers
Last weekend Sara, RJ And Tyler Garcia came and helped us clean out the attic portion of the house. We had a great time just playing around out there and the weather was fantastic.
This week is a bit cooler, and we have spent Saturday at the beekeeper field day. We have officially finished our class and are certified beekeepers. Our new bee colony should arrive in the next few weeks and we are anxiously awaiting the arrival of our new tenants.
Sunday promises warmer weather and we plan to hike the woods to plant the 100 native red bud and dogwood trees we got from the county extension office. We also hope to dig the hole for our new mailbox and a new entrance gate.
We receive our official certificate and sign from the National Wildlife Federation and we are now a certified wild life habitat. We are still waiting on the results of the Audubon Society's survey of the land.
Chris is working hard on quotes for the well and looking in to possibly building a pole barn to store our furniture in the event that we do end up moving out there. Thank goodness he does not have to work at a real job right now because he is really busy!
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| Beekeeper Jackson |
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| Beekeeper Cooper in his improvised suit. |
Sunday promises warmer weather and we plan to hike the woods to plant the 100 native red bud and dogwood trees we got from the county extension office. We also hope to dig the hole for our new mailbox and a new entrance gate.
We receive our official certificate and sign from the National Wildlife Federation and we are now a certified wild life habitat. We are still waiting on the results of the Audubon Society's survey of the land.
Chris is working hard on quotes for the well and looking in to possibly building a pole barn to store our furniture in the event that we do end up moving out there. Thank goodness he does not have to work at a real job right now because he is really busy!
Monday, March 28, 2011
Albino
We have been doing lots of work but nothing that makes a big impact. Chris has spent the last couple of weeks preparing for the bees. He built some heavy duty hive stands and we installed them at Watermark Woods last weekend. Chris worked in the woods clearing brush and other things. I spent quite a bit of time in the garden cleaning things ups and getting ready for more planting.
The lettuces have poked their heads thru the soil and I am having dreams of fresh salad. This past weekend brought a chance of snow, but we saw very little of that, however it was quite chilly so we stayed home.
We did have the good fortune to capture the resident albino deer in the game camera.
The lettuces have poked their heads thru the soil and I am having dreams of fresh salad. This past weekend brought a chance of snow, but we saw very little of that, however it was quite chilly so we stayed home.
We did have the good fortune to capture the resident albino deer in the game camera.
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