Now you see it ….
Today’s theme was magic! Now you see it; Now you don’t. And lots of work was accomplished in this beautiful spring-like weather.
The first magic trick involved the goat’s feeding pen. Now you see it (in all its muddiness a couple of weeks ago, being enjoyed by our former Pig)…
Now you don’t! And yes, everyone was quite confused.
That’s because we moved it from the north side to the south side of the alpaca’s feeding pen.
On the north side, the ground is low, and despite multiple bales of straw trampled into the mud, the goats seemed to always have wet feet when they ate. On the south side, the ground is higher and gets more sun, so the mud will not stay around as long. They will be much happier! Goats are prissy animals, and they don’t like getting their feet wet!
The second magic trick involved our compost box. The Welder and one of his helpers built the box for me, but it quickly became clear that it was too small for its purpose. The dogs had begun to use it for their own personal sleeping spot. It was there (I promise), and then it wasn’t!
With a little balancing act to help our magic, Ken and I managed to move the box into the garden area. It will be fine for growing vegetables!
For my last trick, I turned my attention to a couple of alpaca poop piles. The alpacas make it so easy to clean up after them! Now you see it ……
Now you don’t!
The alpaca poop joined the rabbit poop and sawdust as the bottom layer of nutrients in the new garden box.
Ken managed one other trick today; he found the break in the water line below the hydrant in front of the Big Barn.
We’ll see what the plumber has to say about that on Tuesday.
