Three Forgotten Photos

Somehow we all managed to bathe Sunday morning. I heated water on the propane stove, and one after another six of us took a bath in a little blue plastic storage tub. It was the warmest bath I've had in recent memory.

We had a baptism service in the evening, so we ran errands around Charlottesville all afternoon. The service had a church dinner afterward, and that was quite fun. Phil dropped us off back home at about 7:30pm, then went to the laundromat to do three weeks' worth of laundry. What a guy!

Due to pouring rain, we left the kids with Annabelle (and the sole shelter) last night, so no milking this morning. And no planting, either: the heavy rain turned all the earth to sticky mud, and filled our enormous holes to the brim. Maybe tomorrow.

Phil spent most of the day dealing with wiring issues on the truck and trailer, trying to get all the turn signals and breaks functioning. I would have no idea how to go about that stuff.

A few photos from last week.

First, our orchard at the half-way point.



Second, Phil's ingenious cutting method: set guide logs up at three-foot spacing. Lay multiple smaller saplings on top. Cut through all saplings, keeping the chainsaw over the guide logs. When the chainsaw cuts through the sapling, it hits the log below, not the ground or other dangerous things. This makes the cutting go quickly.



Third, our fragile palisade, before the second batch of trees arrived. It was looking really sparse there for a few hours!