Monday, April 25, 2011

Household Population increase of 1000!

So I just finished reading the Book "Worms eat My Garbage," and was so inspired by the thought of setting up an indoor and year round composting facility that produces some of the most nutritive fertilizer available!

First we ordered the "WORM FACTORY" and the worms...


Then we put together the factory and created a cozy environment for the worms...coir, newspaper strips, goat manure, and water.
The worms were so happy to snuggle in!



Now, each week we add all our food scraps to the bin, and after about 3 months we will have beautiful Vermicompost for our garden. How cool is that!!!!

Here is the first tray set up in our laundry room!

Friday, April 22, 2011

Umulungalinga!

Justin had his first public performance in Scouts...it was a riot! The scout master is awesome, and loves drama, so the scouts put on a 1st class play called Umulungalina.

Justin was a the strong and proud...Kudo.

The animals of the forest are starving because of a famine in the land. The only way to get the magical tree to produce food is to say its name. Each of the animals take a far off trip to the chief of the land to learn the name of the tree. But on the return of each trip, the animals forget how to say the name. Finally the very last animal to go is the most unlikely to succeed...the slow tortoise.
Here, Justin gets his horns stuck in a tree which causes him to forget the name of the tree. His facial expressions were so funny...AWESOME!!! Everyone really enjoyed the performance

Justin, asking the Chief for the name of the Tree

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Jack

Here is the newest member of our growing farm family. This is Jack, a Brittany Spaniel. He is 8 weeks old and adorable. He is our first dog. I hear I'm in for a treat.


He and Noah have a love/hate relationship. They both content for this chair. It's quite the battle.
The boys LOVE the dog!

Ususally, this story is the other way around. Noah loves to tease the pup. But every now and then, Jack has his turn.

A picture worth a million! Buddies, for sure!


We love Jack.

A beautiful Day in Sweet Idaho

Making a fort in the big pile of tree branches we have trimmed.
Noah helping Geoff till the garden.

Here is a little panorama of the Farm. From the left you can see the Lower Shed that is the future home of our horses/ goats / and chickens, and also home storage; then the hay barn, Bio Diesel Shed, Storage Shed, House, Garage & Shed, and upper shed which serves as our wood barn and tractor shelter.

This reminds me of Little House on the Prairie!
Our boys LOVE playing in this field, and run through it several times a day.

Moondancer in her home. . . She is a happy horse here.

Waterlines.

Haybarn / Geoff's Office!

Wood Shed & Tractor Shelter

4 Quadrant Shed--You can see the walls that are going up all around it. 1st quadrant currently serving as storage for Joanna's stuff and the 2nd quadrant as the Chicken house.


This is a big berm that runs along the edge of our property.

King...or Elvis?!!

Hay Couch... it's quite comfy!.

Justin made lunch for us all...sandwiches with april fool's notes inside. Ha ha. He got us all!
The sand box (without the box) right smack dab in our front yard (soon to be back.)

Cute Noah.

We have many clean up projects going right now. Here the boys are cutting this bush down.

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Getting so BIG!

This is Noah's favorite seat in our back yard. I think it's a well pipe??? He sure loves to sit on it!!


It's a Grand Ol' Flag!