Greetings! We hope you are healthy and happy! We are. It’s been a little while since I’ve posted. We’ve been busy, as usual. Trying to get ready for autumn and then winter.
The Deck
Our deck should be completed in the next week or two. We will be able to enjoy that for September and even a lot in October and November. Very excited to have that coming!
Our deck in progress. It’s 12’ x 10’ perfect size for us!
Jeanne and I stained and sealed all of the wood for the railing, stairs, and deck. It’s gorgeous stuff and will survive the strong UV and weather up here.
The Studio and Darkroom Building
My studio building is coming along, too. We emptied our 40’ shipping container, so all of my darkroom and studio equipment and supplies are in it now. We have to use it for storage right now as we sort out our household goods and unpack everything. My bladesmith equipment and material is in the shop area of our house (our garage) and will be setting all of that back up in the coming weeks.
Studio-Darkroom Building and our greenhouse.
My forge equipment; anvils, hammers, welder, saws, oxy-acetylene rig, grinders, tools and supplies. Ready to setup!
The Greenhouse
I’ve posted before about our “experimental” grow this year. We started late and really didn’t know what would grow here, or not. We’ve been really surprised. Next year, we’ll have raised beds and an enormous harvest.
Beef Steak Tomatoes… must be 20 or 30 on this one plant.
Cucumbers…
Cherokee Purple Tomato. These are gorgeous!
Green Peppers starting to show.
Green Pepper plant.
Broccoli
El Fuego, starting to flower ;-)
10 days into flowering and you can already see the trichome production!
Every morning between 6 AM and 8 AM, we have several mule-tail deer visit our property. There are both does and bucks.