Splat

Mood 100% tied to exercise, sunshine, and sleep.

Not nearly enough sleep last night. No sunshine today. Didn't have the mental fortitude to slaughter as many birds yesterday as I would have liked. Snowblower not fixed till next weekend because apparently the parts were sent in 2 boxes and I only received 1.

Work involves 8 or 9 hours of driving tomorrow on top of the normal workday. Oh, also some politicking.

I need a shovel and a couple tons of something to move. That would make me much happier.

Splat

Mood 100% tied to exercise, sunshine, and sleep.

Not nearly enough sleep last night. No sunshine today. Didn't have the mental fortitude to slaughter as many birds yesterday as I would have liked. Snowblower not fixed till next weekend because apparently the parts were sent in 2 boxes and I only received 1.

Work involves 8 or 9 hours of driving tomorrow on top of the normal workday. Oh, also some politicking.

I need a shovel and a couple tons of something to move. That would make me much happier.

Progression

Year 0 (arrival): small greenhouse, woodshed, chicken pen, perimeter fence posts.

Year 1 (last year): no climb fencing on front and south, 12 x 20 pop up greenhouse, 30' x 30' garden, duck lean-to, field house for pigs. Re-wall chicken coop.

Year 2: no climb/utility fence on back paddocks and back fence. Cross-fence midfield, top field, house area (front and back yards), and maybe orchard. 1 - 2 wood frame greenhouses on south side of yard compound. Trellises in garden. Hay/squash and potato bed in top field. Remove and replace duck lean-to. Wheat trials. Trees/bushes into top field, wrap with hardware cloth and chicken wire. Run stand-pipe to orchard field or midfield?

Year 3: 1 - 2 more wood frame greenhouses around compound. Storage shed in compound. Proper gates through all fences. Fence pond field. Wheat in Year 2's squash field. New squash & potato field/move long-log pile. Trees into orchard.

Year 4: new squash and potato field/establish 3-field wheat/squash/potato rotation up top. Tunnel greenhouse up top?

Year 5: solarium/rec room addition? Garage? Replace fence posts.

Progression

Year 0 (arrival): small greenhouse, woodshed, chicken pen, perimeter fence posts.

Year 1 (last year): no climb fencing on front and south, 12 x 20 pop up greenhouse, 30' x 30' garden, duck lean-to, field house for pigs. Re-wall chicken coop.

Year 2: no climb/utility fence on back paddocks and back fence. Cross-fence midfield, top field, house area (front and back yards), and maybe orchard. 1 - 2 wood frame greenhouses on south side of yard compound. Trellises in garden. Hay/squash and potato bed in top field. Remove and replace duck lean-to. Wheat trials. Trees/bushes into top field, wrap with hardware cloth and chicken wire. Run stand-pipe to orchard field or midfield?

Year 3: 1 - 2 more wood frame greenhouses around compound. Storage shed in compound. Proper gates through all fences. Fence pond field. Wheat in Year 2's squash field. New squash & potato field/move long-log pile. Trees into orchard.

Year 4: new squash and potato field/establish 3-field wheat/squash/potato rotation up top. Tunnel greenhouse up top?

Year 5: solarium/rec room addition? Garage? Replace fence posts.

Garden

Okay, with the upper field being turned, this is what will happen:

Upper field:
Potatoes
Squash
Zucchini
Pickling cucumbers
Calendula
Dill
Sorrel
Oregano

Garden
Test grains
Zucchini
Lettuce
Artichoke
Bush bean
Beets
Carrots
Cabbage
Brussels Sprouts
Pickling cucumbers
Eggplant
Parsley
Parsnips
Radishes
Swiss chard
Cilantro
Dill
Turnips
Bok choi
Tomatoes
Sweet peppers
Sorrel
Oregano
Good king henry
Lovage
Rhubarb

Greenhouse:
Basil
Tomatoes
Zucchini (1)
Hot peppers (ancho, black hungarian)
Sweet peppers
Pepperoncini peppers
Eggplant
Cucumbers
Pickling cucumbers

Deck:
Tomatoes
Eggplant
Haskap Berries
Calendula
Long cucumber
Sweet peppers
Sorrel
Oregano
Basil
Nasturtium

Garden

Okay, with the upper field being turned, this is what will happen:

Upper field:
Potatoes
Squash
Zucchini
Pickling cucumbers
Calendula
Dill
Sorrel
Oregano

Garden
Test grains
Zucchini
Lettuce
Artichoke
Bush bean
Beets
Carrots
Cabbage
Brussels Sprouts
Pickling cucumbers
Eggplant
Parsley
Parsnips
Radishes
Swiss chard
Cilantro
Dill
Turnips
Bok choi
Tomatoes
Sweet peppers
Sorrel
Oregano
Good king henry
Lovage
Rhubarb

Greenhouse:
Basil
Tomatoes
Zucchini (1)
Hot peppers (ancho, black hungarian)
Sweet peppers
Pepperoncini peppers
Eggplant
Cucumbers
Pickling cucumbers

Deck:
Tomatoes
Eggplant
Haskap Berries
Calendula
Long cucumber
Sweet peppers
Sorrel
Oregano
Basil
Nasturtium