May 28

Wasn’t feeling too hot this morning but decided to get up early and start my day early anyway. The first order of business was transplanting some young mustard plants in the greenhouse. Ginger found this really cool way of growing seedlings using milk jugs. Basically, you the milk jug almost in half and then put soil and plant the seeds in the bottom. This creates a good growing environment and gives the plants a kick start in the growing process. Now that the plants were growing nicely it was time they got into the big kid soil. 

Transplanted sprouts in the big kid soil.

After the plants were finished some netting had to be stapled to the chicken coop because the old wire had rusted through. This didn’t take long so I hiked back up to the greenhouses and turned the compost pile. Not too long later Bentley and Jordan found their way up there as well. Jordan and I decided to try and finish the chicken coop, so we found some more tin sheets to cover the roof with and headed back down the hill. I cut some of the tin sheets while Jordan went searching for a log to extend the current lodge pole so the roofing was even. Unfortunately, by noon my cold was worsening so I went to the treehouse to take a nap. 

Three hours later I emerged from my slumber to find that Jordan had finished the chicken coop roof and siding. What a work ethic! The rest of the evening I didn’t do anything because of my cold, but hopefully tomorrow I feel better.