They Say it Snows

But, it sure has been nice this past week!  Today we did A LOT of yard work.  I feel like I was run over by a truck, but it felt so good to be out there working!  My in-laws built the rabbit hutch, P and I cleaned up the yard (but, mostly he just rode his bike "delivering" things to everyone!) and B fixed the brakes on the truck and cleared out the old firepit and cleaned the chimney ... yikes!

There is, for some reason, a ton of metal, glass, screws, pipes, wood, etc, out in the yard.  Mostly it seems to be in the firepit area and behind our garage.  So, I cleared out behind the garage and then we started pulling all of the volcanic rock and flagstone that was around the massive pit.  B shoveled all of the junk I couldn't pick up (small pieces) and we'll take it all to the dump.  Tomorrow we're going to clear out a new, smaller fire pit (seriously, it was probably 8 feet in diameter, at least!).  We also need to paint the bunny hutch and cover it in chicken wire.  I'm thinking they'll go outside during the day for fresh air and sunshine and

No, the ladder does not actually reach the roof ...

then come back inside at night.

Then, B had to climb up to the roof to take off the top of the chimney and clean it.  Lately the smoke hasn't been going out unless it's been a windy day.  No good!  But, to see him up on the roof ... scary!  Our house is covered with metal and two stories, not to mention the ground is very uneven and covered in rocks!  Yikes!  But, he was safe and the fireplace is working like it should ... phew!


Onto gardening ... we planted several herbs and flowers the other day, along with two lettuce varieties and some giant pumpkins!  I really love the peat seed starters, but no seedlings in there yet!  The lettuce is a cold weather veggie, so I started those in a long window box and was surprised to see a bunch of those guys growing!  I can't wait to be able to pick the food we've grown ourselves!

Still working on a plan for the outside garden.  We're thinking we can start the greenhouse sometime in March or so.  I don't think it should take more than a couple of weekends to build, so hopefully we'll have our garden growing in April ... yes!

Romaine and Butter lettuce growing away!

A long day has been had here, so time for bed for this newbie homesteader!  Oh, quick bunny funny.  Tonight when we were putting the bunnies to bed, the male hopped right up on the female ... well, P was wondering what the funny looks were from us, so, we gave a 5 yr old version of bunny love.  He immediately goes upstairs and says, "Papa, the brown bunny climbed on the black bunny and that's how they make baby bunnies."  He was just so serious, like he was passing on such important information!  No denying it ... I adore that kid!!