June 7

What a busy day! Right after I went to empty my honey bucket (large pail for bathroom business) our friendly neighborhood fox named Rosie appeared. After feeding Rosie, I hauled a couple wheelbarrows full of gravel to cover a muck spot on camp. Then the pantry in the house had to be organized and tidied up. 

Rosie our friendly neighborhood fox.

After a short lunch I made chive pesto, which is full of delicious greens and has a nice kick to it. This took a couple of hours. Following pesto time I went and made a watering system for the 8 chickens on site. 

Chicken coop water system.

The last part of the day I helped Jordan finish hauling gravel to the muck spot and transplanted more delicious greens in the greenhouses. 

Completed muck spot cover-up job.

Of course, after a long day of work one needs a nice banya. This was a relaxing end to a great day. But not before we had dinner, which featured a salad with greens from the garden and a homemade dressing courtesy of Ginger. 

How can such a relaxing day end without a little drama? After checking on the chickens, Ginger found one dead. 

Bentley and Ginger after gutting the chicken.

We then had to clean the chicken and hang it up to cool overnight. We are assuming for now that it just had an unfortunate mishap, but fox activity is not completely ruled out.

Also, inside the chicken were eggs in different stages, some of which were just yolks. I ended up eating one right out of the chicken. It was good but I don’t think I’ll do it again.