The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: Kitchen Cottage on September 22, 2013, 07:37:58 pm
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Between cleaning animals, picking things up, meeting people here, tidying up (very roughly) and exercising my horse.... the weekend has disappeared :( I have the week from hell at work coming up and am only just cooking food for my neighbour now (elderly and needs a little help sometime.... my sole relaxation time was an hour of GBBO.... Bluddy hell. sometimes it feels one step forward and two back.... and I read other peoples posts and I feel too incompetent to own animals :(
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well yesterday i built a patio for a client and today after church i have made the kit for the new chook house and creosoted all the bits...
my week ahead looks kind of chaotic as well,
wonder if anyone will talk to me though as i stink of creosote now...
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Well today I built a new chicken coop 5 foot by 5 foot, 15 feet of perch and 4 feet on nest boxes best one I've ever made, this one is for 2014's non breeding legbars
oh and we tried the new press out tonight so did 2 lots of apples 4 litres of juice
Picked the plums
So come on pull your finger out :roflanim:
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I picked some damsons.... but done nothing with them.
Just made some sorpotel.... which won't be ready til Wednesday!
Going to have a coffee, tidy the kitchen and make some vegetable curry!
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Since having the pups I spend most of the day in dog related duties, this weekend the new families came for a last visit before they take them,. then I shall be packing and clearing for our new place, this weekend has gone too fast and I smell strongly of jeyes fluid bloomer so we match
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Pleased to report got half the ewe's "pallet" city erected to 2013 design - they seem to approve so far. Will skive tomorrow if weather is good and get on with it as I know these good weather days are going to run out.
Please note I work for myself so no employer will be hard done by.
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I spent yesterday at my spinning group then this afternoon made plum jam with the fruit donated by someone who had a load of goat manure from me earlier this year.