Saturday, Luke helped me start digging out the herb garden. With almost the first shovel, we hit something… Eventually we uncovered this monkey wrench in my herb garden:
We used flagstone behind the garden shed to extend the walkway for easier maneuvering of the wagon.
When Kevin came home, he rerouted the sprinklers and we played real life Lincoln Logs using landscape timbers to build a border and platform for the rain barrel. We still have to build the enclosure for the rain barrel and reroute the gutter, and then we will finish the area with a climbing vine to cover up the side of the house with the cabling.
My new book Grow Herbs by Jekka McVicar, a gift from a friend, will help come in handy with this project! I have rooms for medicinal and food enhancing herbs!
Luke was a busy bee, bringing hay from the barn, and stacking the random wood heap into neat wood stacks against the fence. We did other yard maintenance before we wore ourselves completely out!
We had another visit from the neighbors, the cows. It’s becoming a regular event as they are in this side of the pasture everyday now. This time it was a cute little bunch of very curious calves, about fifteen in all, lined up in a straight row about four feet out from the fence. The kids decided to slowly approach and proceeded to spend over half an hour holding their hands out – a particularly curious calf, ear tagged with # 54 licked Elijah’s hand, much to his delight. The kids were fascinated by the sheer amount of slobber one cow can produce! (The next day, Elijah was back by the fence singing about cow number 54 *to* cow number 54, his new best friend! Kevin was in the background singing “Can you say veal cutlet, veal cutlet?!”
Saturday evening, we enjoyed our first bonfire, roasting jumbo “smarshmellows”. How many giant marshmellows does it take to make an Eliana sick? One Elijah was slightly more ambitious and ate one and a half before giving up. Luke was the champ with three! The kids took turn telling campfire tales. Eliana told the dramatic tale of “Pinkfoot”.
Sunday we worked on the herb garden a little more and did other little tasks around the farm. I was in need of old wood for another little interior decorating project (more to come on that in another post), so Kevin and I visited the pile of wood on the edge of the property that was once an old house. Our home was built in 1952, and the people who built it, lived in the old house that is now demolished before this. I don’t know when it was originally built yet, but plan to research more. If I had to guess, I’d say it has to be at least 80 years old. We salvaged an old window that we are going to restore and use in the house somewhere. After the field is mowed, and we kill the poison ivy, we’re going to salvage more – we spotted a couple of doors, a few windows that we want to pull out too. I’m really excited to see what we find.
Kevin and the kids gave me the most awesome Mother’s Day. Lots of love, handmade cards, family time, and a gorgeous giant wind chime. I have been admiring and “one day-ing” about this specific size and style of chime for at least ten years!!! It makes the most deeply melodic sound and I look forward to years of enjoyment!
I have been greatly blessed!
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