Coming Along!

 You know my guys are hard workers...

Of course Tuesday they took off because

it was Hays Day.

We still went out to feed the chickens

and harvest the tomatoes and okra,

but no work was done on the shed.

When they left on Monday evening (I was teaching)

they had the rafters built and hanging upside down

resting on the walls.

And then....

They got them all standing up the right way and secured.

(Meanwhile, I was up at Kyle's house,

sitting at his island, slicing bags and bags of

okra to put in the freezer for this winter.)

It's good freeze dried, but I prefer it frozen

for eating for breakfast.

(In the air fryer with my bacon... YUM!)

I had to leave to come home and teach.

But they just kept muscling on.

We have a roof!

(And an out of focus picture... Rod took it, 

they were both GIVE OUT!)

It was 101 degrees out there.

And likely 110 or more inside the building while

they were trying to install the rafters.

But they wanted to get it done because today

wasn't very windy.

There was a pleasant breeze, but you didn't need

to worry about it blowing you off the roof.

(Unlike yesterday!)

Anyhow.

Kyle dropped Rod at the house and he went

into town to get something at Home Depot.

Rod didn't know what... they were both tired,

so there wasn't much chatter on the way home.

Rod just fixed us a mess of nachos.

We are going to EAT and head to bed.

Happy Wednesday!

New Shed

The guys have been BUSY!

On Friday Kyle got the floor joists all set for our new shed.

(It's a BIG ONE! 16' x 24'!)

Lots of room for all the things.....

And then on Saturday he got the rest of the supports under it

and laid the floor.

Then Rod and I joined him and they got 3 of the walls put up.

Thank goodness for heavy equipment!

It was a job!

But they handled it, no problem.

(I got in there and helped a little too!)

By the time we left, the 3 walls were up, skinned,

and secured. It was LOVELY weather out there today,

Kyle would have loved to have gotten it done,

but... Sabbath...

It was good to rest.

(Although we had to run out and feed and water the

chickens and did a quick harvest in the garden.

Okra waits for no man!)

Anyhow.

I'm working a double tomorrow, so don't know if

I will have anything to post.

So here you go!

It was a nice day today.

Rod got to conduct in Sacrament Meeting.

And we had a really excellent Sunday School lesson.

And then we RESTED.

(And went to the farm...)

And then I had a presidency meeting this evening.

On to the NEXT activity!

(Need to put in a food order...)

Weeeeeeee!

We (Kyle) have strawberries!!!

Just in the one bed.....

but although these are June Bearing, they don't seem to care.

The other bed is focusing on plant growth and sending out

tons of runners, which is also good...

but it's fun to nibble on an occasional strawberry.

And they are AMAZING!!!!!

The broiler chickens are growing FAST.

And have seriously outgrown their little brooder.

The plan was to move them into their broiler coop.

Which would require putting up the electric fence

and having Kyle move out there with Luna. (Rottweiler)

But we aren't ready for that.

(Mostly I AM not ready for that.... lol)

So... I had a brilliant idea yesterday.

We stuck them in the egg mobile!

We didn't have enough shavings for the whole floor...

Kyle is heading into town to get some supplies for

the new shed he's building, and 3 more bales of shavings.

But there is NO WAY anything can get in 

and harm them, so he can stay in town

and Luna can stay here for a bit longer until

he's ready to move out.

We will want to move them into the broiler coop

in the next couple of weeks.

They need to be on the grass.

But at least this was a good temporary option.

He put wire mesh both at the top and at the

bottom for good air circulation.

The layers will be up on the roost bars at night

or up in the nest boxes during the day.

But these little guys are down on the floor

and it was WINDY (and kind of chilly) so we

put a board up to block one side on the floor to

give them some protection.

It was in the 100's all last week,

but this week the high is in the 80's and so far

today it's only 71!

(Rod is outside working in a JACKET!)

Hahahahahaha.

Anyhow.

I'm heading out to the freeze dryer to get the

thin crust pizza I put in there on Wed.

(It was done yesterday but it was late,

so I added some hours...)

I baked them and then cut them into little

cracker-sized squares.

Here's hoping they are good!

There's a brand that sells 3 for $9.

So I bought 6.

One for each tray, and one for lunch.

It was just pepperoni, but it was tasty.

I'm excited to give these a try.

I need to get them bagged up for tomorrow.

And then I'm teaching again tonight.

I might run out to the farm real quick though

just to check on the chicks since Kyle is 

going into Hays.

And I'm curious.

Have a great weekend!!!!