There’s so much harvesting to do in the Fall. Nicole dug up a ton of potatoes while I was making cider.
Then I walked past the orchard and saw a whole bunch of hazelnuts ready to be picked, crap, I don’t even know what to do with them.
I’ll just grab a basket and figure it out later.
There’s a couple of baby coyotes hanging out all the time on the upper field. They take off whenever we show up.
Not to ruin a happy baby story, I think they are abandoned, have mange, and I’ve only seen one of them for the last few days :|.
It’s a bummer they’re having a hard time, I’ve rarely seen coyotes even though we hear them all the time, and I was happy to have a few encounters.
But there was no way we would pay $25 per refill. After some apprehension (I don’t like things pressurized), I got a 10lb tank of CO2 and a gizmo to refill the original cylinders. Works like a charm and promises to be far cheaper per bubble. This might stir me to try carbonating cider, we’ve got a decent apple year ahead.
It’s the second time we have a bear rip open the chicken coop and decimate the flock.
It finished, 5 days total, looks awesome. Now I need to figure out what to do with such a big canvas, I don’t have a wall big enough for it at home.
With this successful test behind, I pause for a bit until the place becomes busier in the fall. I’ll try various experiments then.
3 Days of uninterrupted work, it probably needs 2 more. Things have been going well so far, I’m starting to believe it’ll finish without a hitch. I’m swapping pens strategically so they don’t run out.
The cool software I used for this one yields cool artifacts when it renders.
