It was a nice sunny day today. It started out by biking out to SEEDS Farm at 8:30 to meet up with Becca and Abby where we transplanted our cabbage plants for a couple of hours, just pleasant and a great start to the day!
I was veeerrry hungry when I got back to the house so I made a delicious breakfast with a couple of sliced hard boiled eggs, kimchi, and microgreens from the garden. Yum, filling and satisfying.
After this there were just a variety of errands and tasks to get done, Daisy did get to the dog park down in Faribault where she enjoyed traipsing through the mud and pond... dirty but happy dog.
And then there was some work outdoors to get done, Dan and I met with a hops-growing-home-brewing extraordinaire yesterday, we toured his hops and brewing area and he sent us home with four plants he dug up (& a few bottles of his really good beer). Anyways, we planted them yesterday and had to figure out some trellising today so I worked that one out.
Then we built a compost bin! At the junk yard there was a whole mountain of old pallet and pallet pieces so Dan picked up a bunch recently, these were perfect for a compost bin. They were all the same size, we just had to remove nails from them, when we nailed our compost bin together we even reused the nails (we just had to hammer some of them back to straightness). My goal is to build two more so we have a series of fresh, medium, and new compost always going. Today we built the main structure, now I've put an email out to local freecycle folks for some old chicken wire. I will nail this on the interior of the structure to help keep the compost in the bin and then cover the top up with some type of tarp.
After this there were just a variety of errands and tasks to get done, Daisy did get to the dog park down in Faribault where she enjoyed traipsing through the mud and pond... dirty but happy dog.
And then there was some work outdoors to get done, Dan and I met with a hops-growing-home-brewing extraordinaire yesterday, we toured his hops and brewing area and he sent us home with four plants he dug up (& a few bottles of his really good beer). Anyways, we planted them yesterday and had to figure out some trellising today so I worked that one out.
Then we built a compost bin! At the junk yard there was a whole mountain of old pallet and pallet pieces so Dan picked up a bunch recently, these were perfect for a compost bin. They were all the same size, we just had to remove nails from them, when we nailed our compost bin together we even reused the nails (we just had to hammer some of them back to straightness). My goal is to build two more so we have a series of fresh, medium, and new compost always going. Today we built the main structure, now I've put an email out to local freecycle folks for some old chicken wire. I will nail this on the interior of the structure to help keep the compost in the bin and then cover the top up with some type of tarp.
The rest of the afternoon was spent cleaning the house and reading and writing outside on our deck (and enjoying watching the cat and dog mosey about the backyard, here's a picture of the cat hanging out in the back of the truck, a spot usually reserved for Daisy...). We made a yummy pasta dish for supper with spinach and green garlic from the farmers market and hydroponic tomatoes (it won't be long until tomato season is upon us!).
Now we're having fun reading the "Joy of Homebrewing" and drinking some Mead from Cannon River Winery, just perfect.
Now we're having fun reading the "Joy of Homebrewing" and drinking some Mead from Cannon River Winery, just perfect.