In the midst of all of this clean up, Jordan and my Dad managed to prep a large section of land for our vegetable garden. The fence has been put up around the garden, and our older chickens are now thrilled to be free ranging within its confines. As you can see, we also have acquired 3 bunnies: Ginny, Hermione and Serious (who definitely lives up to his name). Annabel is ecstatic to have the bunnies, and she loves to try to pat them, feed them carrots and eat their poop (when we aren't looking, of course).
While I wasn't able to help with the heavy physical labor, I did work on lining our driveway with rocks we've gotten from the field. Yes, I do realize that I placed the rocks on the grass on one side of the drive, but this was done purposely - I swear! We wanted to widen the driveway, and will fill in the middle with pea gravel later this summer. Annabel, as always, is very helpful when it comes to working with rocks. She tests (i.e. tastes) every one!
Lastly, we've planted 13 fruit trees to get our orchard started. We've got various types of apple, pear, plum, peach, nectarine and cherry trees. Next weekend we plan to get some maples, elms, oaks, beech and other varieties of trees to place around the property. Other than putting some sod down in the fall, that should be the end of our outdoor projects this year. Now we can focus on finishing the detail work inside the house. We hope to have the first floor completely finished before the baby arrives in early October.
