There is always something going on around here! Had to share this photo- the green egg on the left came from one of the Ameraucanas in the big pen. Wyatt is saving it for his Papa, who says the double yolkers come from brown eggs. (Wyatt has read the info, he is trying to prove it to his Papa that it can happen to any hen, more likely as they age.)
Tuesday was my last day at the Marana Farmers Market. The market, until now run by the food bank, will move to a farm stand down the road, for a weekly farmers coop outside of the farms store. While I plan to call them soon, I really don't know anything about it as of yet.
I took a moment leaving the market and heading off to teach to enjoy and take a few photos of the sunset. What a beautiful evening!
I love the glow behind the telephone poles here.
My friend Mai traded me some of these baskets that she and some of the other girls are using for sprouting. For some reason, after being sick, and scrubbing and restarting my sprouting things, something in the equation had changed and they were not sprouting except very sparsely, so it was time for a change!
The baskets are a little big in weave on the bottom, so some folks use paper towels on the bottom, which can stick to the base of the seed bed, but Charlene has been using plastic needlepoint canvas successfully as a liner, so as long as I was redesigning, I thought I would try to do it right.
After cleaning the baskets, I pulled out some of the extra large needlepoint canvas and began trimming to fit the bottom of the basket. The sides still have holes too, so some are using this system and putting the seeds closer to the center, or recognizing that they will have to water the trays and recover some of the seeds until the seed bed begins to root.
I trimmed two sheets down until they would fit in the baskets.
I traced the second onto a third canvas for the next round of seeds, but didn't cut it yet in case I decide I need to change it a little over the first couple days of watering.
This is how it looked before I added the barley.
The seeds in the basket/ tray.
The bottom tray all covered up.
The first two trays stacked. I will add to the bottom of the stack as I go and add to the trays in the system.
These were the old ones, they have been empties into the compost and are going to be switched to plant start duty I believe...
Wyatt has been sick, and Shadow Paws is a little stir crazy as well as really protective of her favorite human. Wyatt is in the process of redesigning his room and bed, and had a box of tissues next to his bed with a box for garbage.
While Wyatt was in the shower, Shadow decided to remove as many tissues as she could from the box. Gotta love our four footed friends!
Oh, I almost forgot- Mai also brought me a bamboo plant. While we are working on a big project, I cannot seem to decide where it will go, so it is being watered by the back porch so I don't forget about it =).
Last night we were out working on this special project again. Got a bit to go on it, and we need to get it primed and hopefully painted before rain comes in. So, how do you get the rain to finally come to the desert? Start an outdoor wood project at our house, and/ or plan an outdoor activity for the home school teens!
The geese felt the need to supervise our work and occasionally bicker in the middle of it.
We got hte wooden panel standing up, and were affixing it to the fence frames here. The sunset through the doors was rather funny!
We got it attached on one side, still working on the other this morning, hopefully a little roofing done, too, we shall see!
There is always something to keep us on our toes and working around here, but we learn while we work and have fun together! Here's to hoping we get more done today, and knowing htat life will take us where it will. Have a wonderful Thursday!
Love to all.
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