A Productive Weekend

Saturday started with a bang. Not quite as big a bang as last Sunday when we had a busted pipe but a bang, nonetheless.

We went out to the truck around 7:30AM or so to start running our errands and Matthew noticed a bunch of feathers around one of our chicken pens. They looked like tail feathers from a rooster. Further inspection showed a dead hen in the large pen, a hen with a broken wing and a hole dug under the fence in the back of the pen (with a dog footprint nearby). We are not sure whose dog it was and probably won't ever know but there are a few dogs around that run loose almost all the time. We (hopefully) fixed the problem by filling in the hole and topping it with some 1 foot square concrete pavers butted right up to the fence.

We also got five of the posts set up for our garden fence and Matthew cleared out a wild rose/honeysuckle tangle from the natural area that runs down our property line.

Today, thankfully, started out uneventfully. We finished tilling the area for my strawberry bed. After we tilled it by hand, we cleared as much root and plant matter as we could, then lined it with old newspapers and a layer of compost. We went out and bought some ever-bearing strawberries (8 plants total) and have mulched them with the pine straw we raked up from my Grandmother's yard this afternoon.

This week, we are starting the South Beach Diet (I lasted a partial day trying to get back on the diet I was doing with a co-worker. It was too restrictive and I had no energy at all at the end of the day) and have a menu planned that I'm pretty excited about. Matthew is going to do this one with me so that will make life easier.

We are also planning to finish the garden fence and will probably also plant some lettuce and maybe start some beansprouts. Next weekend, my mom will be in town but I plan to can some of the chickens that we processed a couple of weeks ago so we can free some space in the freezer.