Target pratice :)

 

 

 

 

 

Building our bawk bawk barracks!

Today we started building our chicken coop.  I think it looks amazing and I can't wait to get out there tomorrow and finish it!

 

 

 

The frame for the floor.

 

 

It might look crooked as hell but it is level :)

 

Starting the floor.

 

 

The floor almost finished.

 

 

Keep your finger straight and off the trigger until you are ready to screw something!!!

 

 

The blue prints for the chicken coop was all in Norseman's head.....I kept erasing some of the lines on him :)  I got quite a few of these looks today, while I was peppering him with questions.

 

 

Here he is lining the bottom of my nesting boxes with linoleum, so they are easier to clean out and they are pretty.

My nesting boxes being installed on the outside of the coop so I don't have to wade through shit everyday to collect my eggs :)

 

8 nesting boxes almost completed!

 

 

Hopefully tomorrow, after a quick run to the lumber store we can get it finished.  Our chicks are only 2 weeks old right now, so they won't need the coop for awhile.  I am planning on getting a few older laying hens until my chick's begin their own egg production, then it will be into the stew pot for the old biddy's.  :)

 

Also today, Norseman and I started a bunch of our garden seeds indoors.  We started broccoli, cauliflower, celery, red onions, cabbage, watermelon, pumpkins and 5 types of peppers....green, red, sweet,  poblanos and jalapenos.  Soon we must get back to finishing the green house before our home turns into a *little shop of horrors*.

This is the life!

 

 

Chance found her a nice quiet place to roost.

 

 

Buri, he is to cute!

 

 

Buri checking out his lady Ostara.  He is in love :)

 

 

 

Lovely little green sprouts!

 

 

 

Today we finally finished our garden!  Now we just need the frost to end.

 

 

 

 

Next project, finish the green house.  Norseman's *honey do list* is never ending!

 

 

 

 

A new assault on the gophers??? 

Nah, he is chopping down young sapling for our greenhouse :)

(would make for some cool pictures though ;)

 

 

Poor sapling!  Is nothing safe from Norseman wrath!

 

 

Probably should have helped him instead of taking pictures.

 

 

 

Can't wait to have this finished.  It looks amazing!

 

 

 

After a hard day of work we kicked our feet up and enjoyed a few beers together.

 

 

Fun in the sun?

Thought I would share a few pictures I took of the things that we did today.  I love taking pictures!.....it gets me out of work ;)

We went out this morning and finally agreed on a design for our garden!  We wanted it attractive, accessible and cheap.

 

 

Then it started to snow!  Actually it was more like hail, wonderful little white balls of pleasure (as seen on Norseman's face).

Didn't stop Norseman.  He is determined to get the garden ready, he didn't even mind when I quit working to enjoy the snow and catch it on my tongue.

 

 

Baby girl started throwing snowballs at dad that she had collected from the sides of the tent.  They ended up being more like iceballs though! 

 

 

After lunch, and our freak snowstorm, Dad put her to work as punishment for the sneak attack on him ;)

 

 

Norseman welding our greenhouse shelves together.

 

 

 

 

 

The sum total of todays efforts! 

 

 

 

 

My stupid foo foo dog drooling over the baby chicks.  She would like to eat them!  Any suggestions on how to make them "best friends" would be appreciated!!!!!

 

 

Yet another recruit in the war against the mighty gophers! 

 

 

Hope you enjoyed my photos as much as I had taking them!  I am pestering Norseman to blog again himself, but all I get is a grunt from him when I ask :) 

Angel