Progress on the hedge

Progress on the goat shed.

And sunset from the goat shed windows.

Hmmm...what have I been doing?

Well yesterday was Sunday so that was a day off. Today I finished the roof of the goat shed and put up the guttering. Then I painted it black. Then I painted the wall and the window black. The I filled the trailer with soil and started to construct the border-which-will-be-a-hedge by the front of the house.
None of which seemed worth taking a photo of. Sorry.

Turning ......

Turning yesterday's logs into round blanks.


and turning a brown oak blank into a bowl. Yippee. I still know how to do it.

Sawing logs

Chainsawing wood for turning and firewood. Spalted birch with lots of burrs for turning and oak for the fire.

and lo, a star shone over the goat shed.

Not a star really more of an electric light. But the point is there is power out there now.

Progress on the goat shed

Wall facing chicken run


Concrete floor to front section

Block wall in the goat shed

Another hard day.....

We have all been working very hard although there are no photos of Bella working.
Anth and Chris glazing the front of the goat shed.

 Anth and Noah working hard

 A new use for the chicken run. But we let him out later .....

Time off for good behaviour.

We went in to the village this morning so Noah could see all the horses and hounds gathering at the pub for a ride across the hills.







Noah was more interested in paddling in the famous Cilycwm gutters.



No really they are famous -
http://www.cilycwm.com/ci_visiting.php

Many hands make light work.

The family all worked together today - I was working but I stopped to take the photo, honest.


Bella painting, Anth sawing and Noah doing nuts and bolts.


Bella sitting down on the job


And this is how far we got

Bella's paintwork.....

Bella complained that you couldn't see all her hard work painting the bitumen on the roof, so she went up to take a picture of it.

Well done Bella.

A day off for good working.

A morning in Brecon shopping and a visit to Brecon Cathederal Church.







And this afternoon a walk.

and the clown at the dinner table!!

Us on a hot tin roof.

Bella working - everyone else (including the horse next door!) watching!


Working on the roof


And now with the corrugated iron back on

A hard day.

Noah and Bella.


Bella working hard on the goat house renovation.


Boys on tractors.

Front of goat shed

Recycled window frames to form the front wall of the goat shed.


Chris

A lovely sunny day....

This is the liquidamber tree - still looking wonderful.

Lovely golden glow at dusk.

Concrete foundations for the renovation of the goat shed.

It is not all exciting....

Cleaning the van


And manuring the first veg bed


But the view from the roof of the van is pretty cool - I think I might put some chairs up there!

The boring jobs.

Today is a manure day. Turning the compost heap and taking delivery of a farm trailer load of rotted horse manure. It is destined for the vegetable beds. Luckily we have visitors next week........



Chris

Poop, poop... the open road beckoned.

We have been away for the weekend, staying on a site on Cardigan Bay at New Quay.

There is an album at this link.

Finishing the ditches.

We now have clear water all the way to the bottom bridge.





But there is always time to stand and stare at the wonderful scenery.


And then the skies opened and it poured.


After about an hour of downpour the ditches were filled. The little stream under the tree house filled up....


And the weir from the pond was under three inches of water