Hello!
Well… I managed to avoid getting covid (so far) I can’t say I tried to avoid Jeff that much and didn’t even bother changing bedrooms- I just felt the damage was probably done.
Still… did my week in ISO, RAT still negative, still no symptoms so am good to go
Jeff pretty much recovered – bit weary but overall ok!
We ran out of regular sauce, so I whipped up a batch.
Weird bananas became muffins
I even did some soap! Gosh its been a while. Starting to go through withdrawals!
Since I was happy with the shampoo bar, I made a double batch this time.
Its got a lot more goats milk, and as well as the olive and coconut oil, also has castor oil, sunflower oil and lard. (Recipe called for shea butter but dang thats expensive stuff… lard works just as well!)
And stocking up on the ever popular ‘Black Raspberry and Vanilla’
Smells so good
Nothing crazy fancy with the style… just a nice swirl and some extra bars with the leftover mixture
Hey look what I got in the mail!
Rosemary sent me a cute t-towel (I love t-towels but find them hard to put into use because they are so pretty!)
Also lucky me got a copy of Hannahs book!
Hannah is the Tasmanian Permaculture Lady!! She’s pretty amazing – lives near Hobart with a fabulous garden with goats and chooks etc.
I’ve enjoyed starting to read her book.
(She has a Facebook page too – I’ve learned quite a few things from it! I like her down to earth non fussy style)
I’ve been looking at this strip for aaaaagggges!
English box hedge. These poor little plants have been in their tiny pots for a scandalous amount of time! I couldn’t decide where I wanted them!
Hmmmm I wonder where the tarp stopped and started?
So here we go… made a bit of a start on rebuilding the chook run.
Snoopervisor #1
Since we only kinda know what we are doing, its a slow process at the start
I did some sawing of the timber but while Jeff was drilling, and I didn’t have to hold anything I scrubbed up one of the tin sidings we plan to re use
Bit manky…
Slightly better?
We will paint them all once done (What colour?? My heart says ‘do bright red’ or something equally as obnoxious)
So… we’ve decided to put a light coloured shade cloth on the upper section rather than bird wire. That will still allow ventilation but further stop a lot of rain blowing in – and wind so more shelter which will be nice for the girls over winter.
The tin will go back on around the bottom section. (Still looking to put bird wire on top along with laserlite as a roof)
Jeff is back to work tomorrow (I think) so if its not too bad weather wise I will get back down and measure and cut more timber ready for Jeff’s next days off.
I’d love to make a start on putting up the shade cloth but I have a feeling I might be better off waiting for a second pair of hands!
Snoopervisor #2 as Snoopervisor #1 had to retire back to the house to rest
Walked back inside to find this!!
Seriously! You’d think we don’t provide him with any nice spongey couches or beds
Nope! Its the velveteen cloth for Pip.
(The white fur shows up SO much better)
Life! Its tough!
Hope everyone is doing fantastically well!
Cheers!
