I put up some cameras to keep an eye on the critters. There's one pointed at the goat area, one pointed at the future chicken area, and one pointed under the deck where they like to hang out in the afternoons. I do plan on adding another one or two to capture some yard areas that are hard to see out the windows.
We FINALLY got the bay window installed! Long story short, the factory wasn't believing that they messed up twice so they sent an inspector who confirmed the second window was off-square (and also 1/8" bigger than expected so none of the wiggle room that's usual to allow imperfections like the off-square to work). He got the replacement made and installed it a week later!
It's been months that's I've been trying to get this done and it's finally done! Look at that glorious glass! Shadow's also been enjoying being able to see the chickens from her cat-tree again. :-)
Now that our house is sealed properly again I have called up the Home Energy Assessment company to come do the follow-up appointment. That will be next month but it will be good to get that to-do item checked off as well.
The greenhouse is doing well considering the chaos. I picked all the green onions and carrots and heavily(but carefully) trimmed the tomatoes to allow the fruit to set and hopefully let more light at the peppers that haven't even bloomed yet.
There was so many carrots and cucumbers and green onions coming out of the greenhouse at once that we were able to send some to the community food pantry with 3 half-dozen-cartons of eggs. (and a store cucumber we realized we wouldn't get to because we wanted to eat the greenhouse stuff)
Our solar system has been good. We got our first power bill since the install and it was just the basic connection fee and we're banking a bunch of kWh for the winter.
The little garden out front has been harvested. Got a bunch of garlic and a bunch of potatoes. Amazing really considering how much I ignored it except to water occasionally.
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| Heads of garlic hung for curing in the basement. |
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| Small and damaged potatoes and garlic for immediate use. |
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| Box of the biggest and best potatoes wrapped in paper for longer storage. |
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| I peeled and froze all the cloves that were good from the damaged or sprouting garlic. This should save a lot of prep when cooking. | |
Hugslut dyed her hair black again and is enjoying her new look. I like the hair dyes these days. Not nearly as stinky as in the 90s and left her hair suuuper smooth.
We're planning to breed Honey this autumn in October or November which means I need to start tracking her cycles so we can get her to the buck within the 24-48 hour window she'll be interested before we'd have to wait another 3 weeks. My photos app is FAR too full of goat backends and no, I will not subject you to that. lol Instead, here's the ladies sunbathing.
It's been a whole month and I know I've been busy but I'm not sure what else I could share news wise so I'll close it off here With aphoto taken during the full moon a few days ago.
