The first couple of days at Circle Acres

When Noel arrived Monday night i was more than ready to start working even though the sun was setting on the day and i had already done a small amount of work during the day by myself, but none the less i was excited to get started the next morning after Noel filled me in on what we would be trying to accomplish in the next couple of days to get the farm ready for some animals and some quick crops. We awoke on Tuesday morning to some snow that had fallen during the night so we did not get out of the wolves den till around 10:30 cause it was to cold to put together a metal greenhouse, when we finally trudged outside it was right to work on putting together a small greenhouse that Danielle's parents had given them and it was all going well until we started to put the paneling and weather stripping on which was the final step and our hands were cold so it got quite irritating but in the end it got done.

With the greenhouse up and 15-20 degrees warmer than it was outside it was time to start working on the worm box that would house all of the Red wigglers Noel had brought from his old house, even though my carpentry skills were quite rusty we put together a modest worm box that had a forward tilt so that any of the runoff from the worm castings could be caught and used appropriately, we also put a door on the top so that we could play with the worms whenever we wanted to. It was then off to rake leaves in a wooded path onto a piece of black plastic to be put over the ground where the first crops will go to kill the grass and weed growth on the ground, we will also use the leaves for many other sources like composting, layering beds, and to possibly make our own potting soil. Well it looks like the starter crops have been picked and hopefully soon we will have some starting in the greenhouse and then out to the fields to get some crops coming up. 

Everyday more and more i am feeling like i could do this for the rest of my life even though its only been a week but maybe that's just my gut talking, but we will see.