Spring Projects Commence

 It's that time of year again, the weather is warming up, lots of work to be done preparing for the season of gardening...but, it is much more fun to build and create.  

Looking down on the patio

I found another old barn foundation and asked for the limestone blocks.  Asking is the easy part!  Retrieving them, moving them and using them is the much more difficult part.  These limestone rocks are beauties!  I'm not sure exactly what they will be used for - maybe around the fire pit area as a barrier?  Who knows, but they definitely will be repurposed.   I brought one load home, but there is still more to get.  We've gotten plenty of rain so far this spring, but the ground was dry today, so the man with the equipment came over and moved some concrete pieces so work could commence on the patio and fire ring even if the ground was soft.  Many of these pieces aren't too large and can be maneuvered by hand.  There are still some big pieces buried in the concrete pile, and there is still a large pile left.  So much concrete!  Where else can I put it?

Raised beds under the wind turbine.

Another project started last fall and not finished were raised beds.  I am using the smaller concrete pieces to pave a walkway alongside the beds and leave the centers open for plantings of perennials like strawberries, rhubarb, asparagus and whatever else comes to mind.  I was able to haul some concrete pieces up here, but other than that not much work was done.  My muscles are looking forward to my Monday morning desk job.  Until next weekend...

Spring Break?

Happy St. Patrick's Day and where is Spring?  It's the time of year when it's supposed to be spring and I should be pruning grapes, but it's too cold to work outside without gloves.  So, on my five day Spring Break I, of course found other work to keep me warm and that I could do with gloves on!

Limestone barn foundation

Friday's job.  A neighbor tore down an old barn and I couldn't bear to see these old limestone blocks buried.  Two trailers full and hopefully I have enough for some retaining walls.  Will I finally finish my landscaping this year?



Saturday's job?  Clean the house hoping it would warm up outside to prune grapes.  I tried, I really did, but it was too cold.  I managed to get a few rows finished.

Current Woodpile

Sunday, Monday and probably Tuesday morning, the job was cutting wood.  Trees were drug out last fall, sitting in the field waiting to be cut.  Unfortunately, the snow and cold continued for so long that I didn't get to them.  Thank goodness for a father who can back a trailer and run a loader tractor!  This is three trailer loads and there is yet another one to get.  It might be more impressive if it was stacked neatly!