Mowing, photographing, and of course slow cooking.
I started off this morning by preparing a dish for the slow cooker – quinoa black bean chili, then hauling a load to the dump, followed by mowing the front yard and some of the back yard with the tractor and big finish mower. After that I headed up to Nashville to take some pictures of the apartments that my dad has for rent. It was a beautiful day and we enjoyed sitting in his new garden for a bit. I came back to the farm and mowed the rest of the grass and moved a lot of dirt around the house. I also went over to Chapel Hill to look at Stihl weedeaters. I need one and this dealer was good. I didn’t buy one, but will soon. I also bought a nut and bolt for the tractor at Co-op. We didn’t go on a walk this afternoon, but did sit on the front porch with Luke in his swing for a nice while. This evening after dinner I worked on the photographs. The other big news is that our seeds came. I need to get going with preparing the ground for them.
A two walk day.
The weather continues to be glorious here at the farm. We went on two greenway walks in order to really enjoy it. We also played with Luke a lot on the bed. He has started “flopping” backwards, and loves it. I made another slow cooker dish that turned out pretty well.
Cleaning, cutting, cooking.
I started the day off by splitting some firewood from the huge cherry branch that fell a couple of weeks ago. Then one of the guys that we bought the farm from came by and picked up some of the old flooring and the doors that I had saved. What he didn’t want was taken out near the burn pile. Most of the wood has gone bad from sitting out in the elements for so long. That’s frustrating, but it also feels nice to be getting rid of it.
I went to Kroger for a few items and then returned to prepare a meal in the slow cooker. It took a while due to a lot of chopping. Speaking of chopping, I also bought a bunch of bell peppers that were super cheap. I chopped them up and froze them. What a pain! After that I ate lunch and then returned outside to move more wood around and also move some dirt and rock. The place is really getting cleaned up.
Liz’s friend Susan came over this afternoon and will stay the night. We chatted with her and played with Luke. He was having a lot of fun “falling” backwards on the bed. Dinner was the butternut squash and lentil dish that I prepared in the slow cooker.
Stumped!
It was another beautiful day. Sunny and not quite as warm – perfect for getting stuff done. I spent the morning in Franklin and was productive. This afternoon I pulled up a huge cherry stump in the front yard and added it to the burn pile. Tomorrow I will burn if it isn’t too windy. I continued the backyard cleanup process and made good progress. I also moved a ton of dirt from the big pile out front to various places around the house. That is slow going, and there is still a lot yet to move.
Luke did pretty well today. We didn’t walk at the greenway, but did do a quick loop around the back of the property.
