The back field

Today was mostly cloudy and beautiful temperature.  Check out this update and see how the field is progressing.

Rabbits and Willow Trees

After lunch I drove to Chatam, VA to meet a breeder of California rabbits.  He sold me a three month old buck to go with the 4 female rabbits that I have currently.  He will have three months to himself before he has to get to work.  He has frog eyes and is substantially smaller than my females.

After settling in the rabbit, I planted 15ish willow trees that I had ordered a long time ago.  I think they were a dollar or something a piece, and I had forgotten I had ordered them until they showed up stuffed into the mailbox Friday.

Nine of the trees were planted in a circle similar to the debris shelter.  As they grow taller, I will scrape off the outer bark of the plants and tape them together.  Over time the trees will grow together building a fort as I continue to train the trees.

I planted some more weeping willow near the main road, and I planted three willows within a foot of each other in the back field.  These will be braided together to form seating similar to below.

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After dinner I plan to transplant some more plants in the greenhouse since it is not as hot as during the day.  This has been the routine for the past several days and will continue for a while.

Ducks

I was very pleasantly surprised to see a hooded Merganser duck on the pond today.  He paddled away from me slowly after I missed him hiding where the water meets the bank.  I still haven't found my camera because I have not looked for it, but here is a third party image for reference.

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I don't know where my camera is

The past little bit I have taken off writing mainly because I lost my camera.  So in the mean time as I acquire a new cheap one or find my awesome old one, I thought I would bring you up to speed.

In the past few days I have planted 10 acres of yellow and red clover cover crops, 10 acres or diakon radish.  As the weather gets warmer I will seed the rest of the clover seed and cowpea mixture in the goat field so they will be happy.

I have hauled 6 large brush piles to the side of the huglekultur bed to line the bottom before larger wood is deposited.

I am very tired and my head hurts.  I need to drink more water tomorrow.