We had decided to keep Eggplant's three girls from last year, and with them getting bigger, (and more kids planned for next spring), it was time to enlarge the goat barn. Not the final addition, for sure, since we'd like to eventually have a big enough barn to store hay, milk in, and keep garden tools in (both separated from goat teeth somehow). This addition will only 6' x 16', and will have a front wall panel of clear polycarbonate. The polycarb will be removed in the summer, and a mountain-lion proof cattle panel grate behind it should keep the goats safe at night while still being able to enjoy the nighttime summer breezes and moonlight.
Wow, that red dish towel on the left in photo above IS looking about ready for replacement - darn it, why did I point that out? Another project was to add a hot water coil in the winter indoor wood cookstove, a hot water tank upstairs, and copper thermosyphon piping between the two, with the eventual goal of having a bathtub/shower with hot water supplied in the attached greenhouse. Then, the neighbors can no longer feel guilty for how badly we smell in the winter. Why would the neighbors feel guilty? Because they've forgotten to invite us over for showers recently, of course!
And here it comes - the beginning of a winter's supply (we hope!) of greens from the hoop greenhouse! Why is there always a woman bending over in my photos? Because she's the only one that works around here, the other one is always too busy taking pictures!!!!
We also picked a bunch of apples at friends' orchards again this year, dried some, ate a lot fresh, and root cellared the rest, once it became obvious that we weren't going to find the time this year to have a cider pressing party.
Linc's mother, who at 93, has been slowing down a lot lately, took a turn for the worse, and Linc flew down to Arizona for a week or so to join brother's Bill, Tom, and sister Gretchen at Mom's home in Rimrock. Bill and Linc got to hiking in the Sedona Redrock area, Mom got back on her feet, and the family flew and drove back to their respective homes.
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