Warmer weather, more projects...

We had a beautiful weekend of weather here in NC. This is just a look at the chickens and guinnias waiting to get outside in the morning to start hunting for bugs.

This was my new "toy" for the weekend. A trencher. I spent most of Saturday digging (not diggin') 300 feet of 24 inch deep trenches from the house to the garage to the barn. The electrician laid the conduit to run the wire next weekend. We figure it will be a nice family project to put all of the dirt back !

This is one of five bluebird boxes Ethan and I made from salvaged barnwood. Our yard seems to be some kind of bird haven with a lot of bluebirds, bluejays, robins, finches, cardinals(state bird), woodpeckers,... and occasionally a dead bird from the cats.


Sunday Aki and I spent some time in the sun together on the front porch starting some of our garden plants. These are our peppers, herbs, and some flowers. Next weekend we will start the tomatos.

And this would be Jacob, the bird hunter...after an exhausting day of doing next to nothing.

Snow!, a couple weeks ago...

Hi Folks it has been a dry spell here again. Pretty much we have been holed up waiting for spring. I wanted to share a couple pictures of the only snowfall we really had this year to amount to anything. But this is actually from a couple weeks ago already. The house has performed amazingly over the winter from an energy efficiency standpoint. Our only utility bill is electricity and our monthly bills over the winter have averaged about $85,... a far cry from our $500+ natural gas bills last winter in the rental house!

We actually are having much more mild weather now with temps often reaching the 60-70's. Trees are starting to bud out and bloom. With that comes a spring list of things to do, so I'll keep you updated on current happenings this spring