Denim Deb Hay, hay, hay. Thank the Lord!

Today is going to be another hot, sunny day. On days like this, I wish I didn't have anything to do at the farm and that my shed was air conditioned! But since that's not the case, I'll just make sure I take plenty of water w/me and do what I can. And while I have a list of stuff to get done, I'm not sure what all will happen. Sometimes hubby calls up on a Friday and wants to know what I'm doing. I'm hoping he'll call today and decide to come and work on my lean to! If I could get that done, I could get my area finished once and for all. But if he doesn't call, this is what I plan on doing:

1. Laundry
2. Housework (I want to work in my basement)
3. Dishes
4. Normal farm chores
5. Work w/Misty and Licorice, groom Stormy
6. Chicken area
7. Parking area
8. Garden/orchard/yard
9. Normal animal chores

Hubby's left and I need to get busy.
 
Too late! I think I already did.

Today was horrible outside! I was able to get everything on my list done, but just not as much as I wanted to for some of it. I was able to do my normal farm chores, and work w/the horses. And while I worked in the chicken area, I didn't get done as much as I wanted. I was able to work in the parking area, but finally had to stop. I was just getting too hot.

Hubby beat me home today. He had the TV on when I got in on a show I like. So I sat down and watched TV for about an hour or so. Of course that meant I got outside later than I planned to. But I was still able to get done what I wanted out there. And, I took the chicks out. I needed to clean the brooder, so I figured they could spend the time outside while I worked out there.

So, instead of getting done around 7:00, it was after 8:00 B4 I got done. Now I've had my shower and am relaxing for a bit B4 heading to bed.
 
Glad you got your issues resolved.

I must have been tired! I didn't get up until after 7:00! And I don't know that I'm getting much done today since hubby is home. Plus, it's already 76*. I will be transplanting my starts since they're up. And I'll be doing normal chores both here and at the farm. I know I have to water stuff cuz it's hot and dry out and I'll be pulling some weeds. But other than that, I'm not sure what all I'm getting done
 
I did very little over the weekend that was productive. Hubby and I were out most of yesterday, so I didn't really get much done other than some weeding, transplanting a few of my starts and normal chores.

Today I got the rest of my starts that are big enough transplanted, went to church both am and pm, did normal chores and took a nap! I'm still tired. I haven't been sleeping well. I'm about ready for bed, but it's thundering out there, so I'm waiting for it to quiet down a bit. Then I'm gone
 
Today is going to be a day that I really have to keep an eye on the weather. We can get T storms at basically any time. I have to clean my field, but I'm not using the spreader, I'll use the cart instead. It's going to be too wet to spread. I don't know that I'll be able to get anything else done outside, so I'll probably give my tack shed a good cleaning. If I am able to get anything done, I'll work on the fencing for my chicken area. I only have 4 ft fencing up on part of the new section. And since I have plenty of that, I'll be cutting some in half so I can put it up to make the fencing 6 ft. I'm hoping I can still get a couple of buckets of weeding done. The goats look forward to that bucket in the morning and in the evening. So my list for today is:

1. Laundry
2. Dishes
3. Housework
4. Normal farm chores
5. Clean field
6. Clean tack shed
7. Chicken area?
8. Weeding
9. Normal animal chores
10. Balance check book, etc

I can't see me getting more than that done, and I should get started.
 
Well we did not get the weather that they were calling for. I took the truck because we were supposed to get some really nasty T storms this morning. It was dry all day. In fact, I don't think we got even 1/4" from the showers we got overnight.

Because the forecast was wrong, I made changes to my list. I was able to use the spreader instead of the cart for cleaning my field. And since it didn't rain, I started w/the chicken area instead of my shed. I got the fencing all done. It took longer than I was expecting, but I now have a 6 ft fence all the way around. I need some netting over the top though cuz my birds will fly out at times.

I didn't really touch my tack shed. I was going to work on it for a bit once I had everything else done-including getting the chickens locked up. Well when I called them, they ignored me, so I had to go round them up. Then I was missing 3. I looked all over B4 finally finding them under my trailer.

I took a break when I got home, then did my dishes and some housework. I was going to do it this morning, but went back to bed instead. I'm seeing a difference in my basement! Once I got done a certain amount, I put the chicks in an old kitty litter container, and went out and worked in the yard. I have something set up for them, but I check them quite often. I got another bucket of weeds out of my orchard. And I found my pomegranate! I didn't think that had survived the winter, but it did! Other than strawberries and raspberries, it's the only thing that did.

W/the weeding done in there, I went and started working on the wood shed. That wasn't easy. We had some bags of concrete that had gotten wet and hardened. So I had them in the woodshed to stack wood on. I'm taking it out. It's not easy. But I was able to get some of it out, then rake up that section. I put what I raked up around some of my plants. I'll check later to be sure that moisture is still able to get to the roots.

W/that done, I picked peas! Then I brought them and the chicks in the house, put away a load of clothes (hubby got a shower and I had to wait for the water to get hot), then got a shower. Now I'm relaxing for a bit. I think I hear thunder, so hopefully we're going to get some more rain.
 
PEAS?! You picked peas? I'm so jealous, lol. It's too hot here for peas already. I didn't get any planted this spring anyway - too wet... sigh. Maybe in the fall.
 
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