More playing in the dirt and a happy Little Man.
I got to the farm about 6:45 and moved some rocks while it was still relatively cool. It was a pain to sort through the dirt pile for them, but thy will be nice to have. There are still a lot more to go. I hadn’t realized how dry things were until I was walking through what felt like inches of dust behind the house. Tomorrow it is supposed to storm, and for the first time I’m looking forward to it. That should help get the dust under control and cool things down a little bit. I’m pretty happy with how the grading is going, and the finished product should look pretty good.
Luke was in a pretty good mood this evening. He had a busy day. Liz was at the office any my parents, along with my aunt and uncle came to visit. We did tummy time and gave him a bath. I cooked more butternut squash in the air fryer. Both the owner’s manual and cargo cover for Liz’s new car arrived today. So did the key I ordered. I will go to to Ace tomorrow to get it programmed.
Another hot Tuesday.
I looked after Luke this morning until my mother arrived around nine. Then I went by the bank, fireplace store, and Lowe’s on my way to the farm. I did a little more work on the tractor before my dad arrived and we went into town to get some things from Ace and order cabinets at Big Box. Back at the farm we spread out the big dirt pile behind the house and now the area looks so much better. I hope to finish up the grading back there tomorrow. My aunt and uncle came by at the end of the day to check things out. They hadn’t seen the farm since just after we bought it. I drove back to the condo and played with Luke and we all had dinner.
Tractor therapy.
This morning my alarm went off at five, but I stayed in bed another thirty minutes. I arrived at the farm around 6:15 and wanted to see how my repair of the finish mower worked. Short answer: it didn’t. I didn’t even complete a full lap of the back field before it broke even more comprehensively than it had before. I guess I’ll need to take in in to the implement shop. Determined not to get down I unhooked the mower and started moving some dirt around. Usually time on the tractor is very relaxing, and today was no exception. I covered up some of the drainage pipe that was around the footings, and started doing some rough grading around the house. A tractor isn’t really an ideal earth moving tool, but it worked pretty well, if slowly, today. I would like to get a tooth bar to make digging a little easier.
After a couple of hours of digging I went to Home Depot in Spring Hill for a blower and dryer vent cover, then to Lowe’s in Columbia to see if they had another roll of sleeved drainage pipe. They did not. Next I drove to Shelbyville because I thought I had a lead on some more siding. That was a bust, but the guy can make the window screens I need. I tried to take a nap upon returning to the farm around noon, but it was too hot, even with the fan running. So I bit the bullet and painted another section of the foundation. It wasn’t quite as dry as I would have liked, but I wanted to be done. Now I just need the plumber to seal up where he sent the pipes through the block. Then I can add more drain pipe and cover it all with dirt. I spent the rest of the day moving even more dirt behind the house where the deck will go. There was a ton of rock that I’ll try to separate and do something cool with.
Traffic was pretty light driving back to the condo. Once there I took the battery out of the Fusion and loaded up my car with a bunch of stuff to take to the farm. I want to declutter the condo so I can take pictures of it this week and list it for sale online.
