Desert Weyr Blog
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Ready for Concrete
We’re nearly ready to pour the concrete footers for the new porch. Continue reading
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Porch Construction
The posts holding the roof of the new porch need to be set in concrete piers. They will each have a large footer. Our next task was to position them properly and dig the necessary holes. Continue reading
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Winnie and Construction
We moved Winnie in with the rams so that we could let them graze the front pear orchard. She’s really being good about staying with them. Construction work on the new porch has begun, and we removed the old porch cover today. Continue reading
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Second Harvest
The second pea harvest has been much larger than the first. The corn is growing well, but the melons aren’t doing much. Continue reading
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The Cloak Is Finished!
It’s finally done – or nearly done. I ended up not putting the shoulder cape on at all. I also hand-stitched black twill tape around the front edge to prevent things from unraveling. I may also add it to the bottom if it seems to need it. The clasp is inaccurate for the time. It… Continue reading
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Porch Construction Has Started
Bill is back to add a covered deck to the back of the house. Our first task is to take down the existing small porch. We’ll add a concrete patio to the right between the door and the garage, and the deck to the left will wrap around to the front and side. There will… Continue reading
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Rams on Pasture
Now that the hay is in, we can put the rams out on the front pear orchard pasture. They’ll clean up the parts we cannot cut. This is the first time all the sheep will be out on pasture at the same time. We have one ewe who is sick and one ewe and a… Continue reading
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Our First Cutting Hay Is in the Barn!
Judd came back and finished stacking the hay in the barn. Here he is getting the last bales out of our front pear orchard field. These pictures show the last load of hay getting stacked in the barn. Now it’s all in. Continue reading
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Cloak Is in Progress
With the help of your messages, some help on Ravelry, various emailers, and a few phone calls, I finally decided on how to sew the cloak fabric together. I used a figure-eight stitch while holding the right sides of the fabric together. Then, I flattened the seams and pressed them. These pictures show how I… Continue reading
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Our First Harvest!
My black thumb hasn’t killed anything yet, and I harvested the first of the peas today! OK, so it’s a meager harvest, but there are a lot more growing. These sure tasted good! Continue reading