We are officially over 1/3 of the way through 2017. Can you believe that? I’m happy to say, we have made some progress on our list of 17 goals. I am hopeful that over the upcoming weeks we will be able to check some more things off the list. But this is where we are currently:
- Get our feet “wet” with aquaponics
- Start all of our own bedding plants – We purchased a few bedding plants, so we will have to keep working toward this goal next year.
- Have a more productive garden than last year
- Can and/or freeze 500 quarts of produce
- Finish mulching the area between the raised beds with wood chips
- Finish the grape arbor
- Learn about other varieties of mushrooms and their cultivation and put that knowledge into practice.
- Develop more of a market for the products we raise on our farm
- Get our bunkhouse up and going
- Finish our new apple press and publish the plans for it
- Build or buy a chicken plucker
- Seed more of the farm down into perennial grasses and legumes
- Plant 4800 shrubs for wildlife (oh my!) – DONE!
- Get the livestock water lines and tanks installed for the new paddocks – DONE!
- Replace the old, leaky windows in our living room – DONE!
- Install more insulation to make our home more efficient
- Replace the back door which also leaks air
I have found that it is sometimes nice to look back at a list and see how much work has been done. I get so busy with the what has to be done today that sometimes I lose sight of the big picture.
Blessings,
Jennifer