still waiting on new baby lambs. due anytime. we are due for multiples this time. the big bad ram got sent to the pen. he was very bad this week and put me on the ground again, and literally butted everyone on the property. so he can wait out fatherhood from behind the fence.
we had great help this week and the aguaponics are completely installed and the plants from the greenhouse moved into the grow beds. we have two grow beds and a nice raft system in place. i had some plants in the garden struggling with the unusual heat we are having so i pulled them and relocated them to the grow bed and by noon they looked like totally different plants. the small fry fish are growing fast and many have been moved to the fingerling tank. tomorrow we will probably move the rest of the tiny minnows to their first big tank instead of the aquarium. and so it begins.
i caught a very large bird in the pond a couple days ago. i startled it and it took off. I'm pretty sure it was a great heron. haven't seen it since but we are watching out for it. i think it was fishing.
we have had a guest here from New Zealand for a couple weeks. his help has been fantastic. we are so far ahead of schedule with the fish system we might actually get the garden planted for the fall and winter crops on time. our guest is heading off to a road trip, his last before heading home. we have a new guest coming the first of September to help with the garden prepping and planting. we also have some good friends that live down the road and they just got back from Iowa, visiting family for a couple months. we had several people here this week to visit. it was wonderful.
goodnight. deb
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